Peekskill, NY Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Peekskill, NY?
Peekskill'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. Peekskill's sky is brighter than 33.3% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.
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, covered fully in the Bortle scale guide.
How far Peekskill is from a meaningfully darker sky
8 miles from Peekskill, straight-line, sits Haverstraw, NY, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Peekskill's own suburban edge band.
Haverstraw, NY is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Peekskill against the rest of the dataset
Peekskill, NY has a population of about 25,757, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Peekskill comes in at 1,061, darkest to brightest.