Middletown, OH: how dark is the sky here?

Middletown's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. That's brighter than 36% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

Where to go for a darker sky near Middletown

20 miles from Middletown, straight-line, sits Trotwood, OH, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Middletown's own suburban edge band.

Trotwood, 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 Middletown compares nationally

Middletown, OH counts roughly 52,291 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Middletown places 1,149 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.