Montgomery, OH's night sky, measured from orbit

Montgomery'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. Montgomery's sky is brighter than 24.9% 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.

The nearest darker sky to Montgomery

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Alexandria, KY, roughly 20 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

How Montgomery compares nationally

About 10,952 people live in Montgomery, OH, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Montgomery places 795 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.