How dark is the sky in Gloversville, NY?

Gloversville's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 36.3% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Gloversville.

Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute.

The nearest darker sky to Gloversville

67 miles from Gloversville, straight-line, sits Oneida, NY, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Gloversville's own suburban edge band.

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.

Gloversville against the rest of the dataset

About 14,894 people live in Gloversville, NY, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Gloversville ranks 1,159 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.