Pittsfield, MA Night Sky Brightness
Pittsfield, MA's night sky, measured from orbit
Satellite radiance puts Pittsfield in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 43.2% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Pittsfield.
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 Pittsfield
North Adams, MA, about 17 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the dark sky band, one step darker than Pittsfield. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.
North Adams, 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 Pittsfield compares nationally
Pittsfield, MA counts roughly 43,121 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Pittsfield's position, 1,379 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.