How dark is the sky in Indiana, PA?

Indiana's sky measures urban here. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. Only 87.6% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Indiana.

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.

How far Indiana is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Johnstown, PA, roughly 24 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban. Road distance will be more.

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

Indiana against the rest of the dataset

Indiana, PA counts roughly 14,294 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Indiana ranks 2,792 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.