Easton, PA Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Easton, PA?
Satellite radiance puts Easton in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 80% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.
Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute, covered fully in the Bortle scale guide.
How far Easton is from a meaningfully darker sky
Hackettstown, NJ, about 24 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Easton. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.
Hackettstown, NJ is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Easton against the rest of the dataset
Easton, PA has a population of about 30,432, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Easton comes in at 2,551, darkest to brightest.