Garden City, NY's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Garden City in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 72.9% 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Garden City

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Glen Cove, NY, roughly 11 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

How Garden City compares nationally

About 22,993 people live in Garden City, NY, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Garden City places 2,324 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.