What the night sky looks like over Long Beach, NY

Long Beach's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Long Beach's sky is brighter than 76.5% 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.

The nearest darker sky to Long Beach

Glen Cove, NY, about 21 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Long Beach. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Long Beach against the rest of the dataset

Long Beach, NY counts roughly 34,777 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Long Beach ranks 2,439 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.