What the night sky looks like over Newburgh, NY

Newburgh's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Newburgh's sky is brighter than 66.7% 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.

How far Newburgh is from a meaningfully darker sky

3 miles from Newburgh, straight-line, sits Beacon, NY, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Newburgh's own suburban band.

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

Newburgh against the rest of the dataset

About 28,181 people live in Newburgh, NY, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Newburgh ranks 2,126 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.