New Carrollton, MD: how dark is the sky here?

New Carrollton 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 Carrollton's sky is brighter than 42.8% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

Where to go for a darker sky near New Carrollton

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Pine Hill, NJ, roughly 116 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

Pine Hill, NJ 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 Carrollton compares nationally

About 13,645 people live in New Carrollton, MD, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. New Carrollton places 1,367 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.