New Hyde Park, NY Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in New Hyde Park, NY?
New Hyde Park's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 83.1% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than New Hyde Park.
Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute, covered fully in the Bortle scale guide.
Where to go for a darker sky near New Hyde Park
The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Glen Cove, NY, roughly 11 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.
Glen Cove, NY is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
New Hyde Park against the rest of the dataset
New Hyde Park, NY counts roughly 10,220 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, New Hyde Park comes in at 2,649, darkest to brightest.