Milford, CT: how dark is the sky here?

Satellite radiance puts Milford in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 58.6% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Milford.

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.

The nearest darker sky to Milford

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Shelton, CT, roughly 7 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

How Milford compares nationally

Milford, CT counts roughly 51,004 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Milford places 1,870 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.