What the night sky looks like over Geneva, NY

Geneva reads as suburban edge on this dataset's scale. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 38.8% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Geneva.

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 Geneva is from a meaningfully darker sky

Oneida, NY, about 68 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Geneva. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Geneva against the rest of the dataset

Geneva, NY counts roughly 12,397 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Geneva ranks 1,238 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.