What the night sky looks like over Nanticoke, PA

Satellite radiance puts Nanticoke in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 45.8% 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 Nanticoke

Berwick, PA, about 16 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Nanticoke. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Nanticoke against the rest of the dataset

Nanticoke, PA counts roughly 10,730 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Nanticoke ranks 1,460 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.