DarkSkyCheck

Fremont, OH Night Sky Brightness

Fremont, OH's night sky, measured from orbit

Suburban
20.4 nW/cm2/sr

Fremont's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 45% of the 3,206 US 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, explained in the Bortle scale guide.

Where to go for a darker sky near Fremont

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Oregon, OH, roughly 27 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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 Fremont compares nationally

Fremont, OH has a population of about 15,814, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Fremont's position, 1,434 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.