Newport, RI: how dark is the sky here?

Newport reads as rural on this dataset's scale. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. Newport's sky is brighter than 10.5% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

How far Newport is from a meaningfully darker sky

21 miles from Newport, straight-line, sits Fall River, MA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Newport's own rural band.

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

How Newport compares nationally

Newport, RI counts roughly 24,482 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Newport places 336 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.