Hudson, OH's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Hudson in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 76.3% 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.

The nearest darker sky to Hudson

Stow, OH, about 4 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Hudson. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Stow, 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 Hudson compares nationally

About 23,073 people live in Hudson, OH, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Hudson places 2,433 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.