What the night sky looks like over Morgantown, WV

Satellite radiance puts Morgantown in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 51.7% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

The number comes from orbit, not a stargazer's logbook, so treat it as an estimate of sky glow rather than a certified Bortle class.

The nearest darker sky to Morgantown

Jefferson Hills, PA, about 46 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Morgantown. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Morgantown against the rest of the dataset

About 30,490 people live in Morgantown, WV, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Morgantown ranks 1,650 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.