What the night sky looks like over Malden, MA

Malden reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Malden's sky is brighter than 78.1% 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.

How far Malden is from a meaningfully darker sky

Melrose, MA, about 2 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Malden. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Malden against the rest of the dataset

Malden, MA counts roughly 66,693 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Malden ranks 2,489 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.