Kingston, NY's night sky, measured from orbit

Kingston's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Kingston's sky is brighter than 54.9% of the 3,206 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.

How far Kingston is from a meaningfully darker sky

30 miles from Kingston, straight-line, sits Beacon, NY, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Kingston's own suburban band.

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

How Kingston compares nationally

About 23,748 people live in Kingston, NY, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Kingston places 1,751 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.