What the night sky looks like over Forest Park, OH

Forest Park reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 69.4% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

The number comes from orbit, not a stargazer's logbook, so treat it as an estimate of sky glow rather than a certified Bortle class.

How far Forest Park is from a meaningfully darker sky

3 miles from Forest Park, straight-line, sits Fairfield, OH, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Forest Park's own suburban band.

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

Forest Park against the rest of the dataset

Forest Park, OH counts roughly 20,033 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Forest Park ranks 2,212 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.