What the night sky looks like over Lakewood, OH

Satellite radiance puts Lakewood in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 79.3% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Lakewood.

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 Lakewood is from a meaningfully darker sky

Bay Village, OH, about 7 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Lakewood. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Lakewood against the rest of the dataset

About 49,517 people live in Lakewood, OH, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Lakewood ranks 2,529 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.