Parma, OH Night Sky Brightness
Parma, OH's night sky, measured from orbit
Satellite radiance puts Parma in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 78.3% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Parma.
Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
Where to go for a darker sky near Parma
The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Seven Hills, OH, roughly 3 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.
Seven Hills, OH is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
How Parma compares nationally
Parma, OH counts roughly 79,350 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Parma's position, 2,497 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.