New Baltimore, MI's night sky, measured from orbit

New Baltimore reads as suburban edge on this dataset's scale. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. New Baltimore's sky is brighter than 32.7% 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.

How far New Baltimore is from a meaningfully darker sky

80 miles from New Baltimore, straight-line, sits Oregon, OH, the nearest city here with a darker sky than New Baltimore's own suburban edge band.

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

How New Baltimore compares nationally

About 12,132 people live in New Baltimore, MI, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. New Baltimore places 1,043 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.