Erie, PA: how dark is the sky here?

Erie's sky measures urban here. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. Only 97.3% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Erie.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

How far Erie is from a meaningfully darker sky

29 miles from Erie, straight-line, sits Conneaut, OH, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Erie's own urban band.

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

How Erie compares nationally

Erie, PA has a population of about 92,940, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Erie places 3,101 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.