Nashua, NH's night sky, measured from orbit

Nashua reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 51.1% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Nashua.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

How far Nashua is from a meaningfully darker sky

16 miles from Nashua, straight-line, sits Methuen, MA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Nashua's own suburban band.

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

How Nashua compares nationally

About 91,851 people live in Nashua, NH, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Nashua places 1,628 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.