What the night sky looks like over Newark, OH

Newark's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 35.9% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Newark.

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 Newark

Pataskala, OH, about 16 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Newark. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Newark against the rest of the dataset

Newark, OH has a population of about 51,424, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Newark ranks 1,146 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.