Garfield Heights, OH Night Sky Brightness
Garfield Heights, OH's night sky, measured from orbit
Satellite radiance puts Garfield Heights in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 80.5% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Garfield Heights.
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.
How far Garfield Heights is from a meaningfully darker sky
Seven Hills, OH, about 5 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Garfield Heights. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.
Seven Hills, 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 Garfield Heights compares nationally
About 29,014 people live in Garfield Heights, OH, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Garfield Heights's position, 2,566 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.