What the night sky looks like over New Philadelphia, OH

New Philadelphia reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 69.1% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than New Philadelphia.

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.

The nearest darker sky to New Philadelphia

21 miles from New Philadelphia, straight-line, sits Massillon, OH, the nearest city here with a darker sky than New Philadelphia's own suburban band.

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

New Philadelphia against the rest of the dataset

New Philadelphia, OH has a population of about 17,378, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, New Philadelphia ranks 2,202 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.