Fostoria, OH's night sky, measured from orbit

Fostoria reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Fostoria's sky is brighter than 73.3% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

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

Where to go for a darker sky near Fostoria

Oregon, OH, about 34 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Fostoria. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Oregon, 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 Fostoria compares nationally

About 13,063 people live in Fostoria, OH, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Fostoria places 2,337 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.