East Rockaway, NY's night sky, measured from orbit

East Rockaway reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 79.1% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than East Rockaway.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

How far East Rockaway is from a meaningfully darker sky

Glen Cove, NY, about 17 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than East Rockaway. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Glen Cove, NY is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.

How East Rockaway compares nationally

About 10,064 people live in East Rockaway, NY, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. East Rockaway places 2,523 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.