How dark is the sky in Pataskala, OH?

Satellite radiance puts Pataskala in the rural band. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. Only 4.5% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Pataskala.

Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute.

How far Pataskala is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is St. Marys, PA, roughly 241 miles away in a straight line, rated dark sky. Road distance will be more.

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

Pataskala against the rest of the dataset

Pataskala, OH counts roughly 18,493 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Pataskala ranks 144 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.