What the night sky looks like over Lawrence, MA

Lawrence's sky measures urban here. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. Lawrence's sky is brighter than 93.9% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Lawrence

Methuen, MA, about 3 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Lawrence. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Lawrence against the rest of the dataset

About 89,332 people live in Lawrence, MA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Lawrence ranks 2,992 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.