New London, CT's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts New London in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 30.5% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than New London.

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

The nearest darker sky to New London

Groton, CT, about 2 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than New London. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Groton, CT 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 London compares nationally

New London, CT counts roughly 28,081 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. New London places 973 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.