How dark is the sky in Monroe, OH?

Satellite radiance puts Monroe in the suburban edge band. 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 27.7% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute.

Where to go for a darker sky near Monroe

Trotwood, OH, about 24 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Monroe. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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.

Monroe against the rest of the dataset

Monroe, OH counts roughly 15,950 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Monroe ranks 884 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.