Lorain, OH's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Lorain in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Lorain's sky is brighter than 50.6% 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 Lorain is from a meaningfully darker sky

4 miles from Lorain, straight-line, sits Amherst, OH, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Lorain's own suburban band.

Amherst, 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 Lorain compares nationally

About 65,751 people live in Lorain, OH, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Lorain places 1,614 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.