Lancaster, OH: how dark is the sky here?

Lancaster's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 76.4% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

The nearest darker sky to Lancaster

14 miles from Lancaster, straight-line, sits Pickerington, OH, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Lancaster's own suburban band.

Pickerington, 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 Lancaster compares nationally

Lancaster, OH counts roughly 41,671 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Lancaster places 2,437 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.