Middletown, NY's night sky, measured from orbit

Middletown's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Middletown's sky is brighter than 63.2% 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 Middletown is from a meaningfully darker sky

Woodbury, NY, about 19 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Middletown. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Middletown compares nationally

Middletown, NY has a population of about 30,188, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Middletown places 2,015 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.