What the night sky looks like over New Franklin, OH

New Franklin's sky measures rural here. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. New Franklin's sky is brighter than 3.3% of the 3,206 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near New Franklin

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is St. Marys, PA, roughly 163 miles away in a straight line, rated dark sky. Road distance will be more.

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

New Franklin against the rest of the dataset

New Franklin, OH has a population of about 13,859, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, New Franklin ranks 106 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.