Powell, OH: how dark is the sky here?

Satellite radiance puts Powell 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 35.6% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Powell.

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.

The nearest darker sky to Powell

Marysville, OH, about 14 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Powell. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Marysville, 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 Powell compares nationally

Powell, OH counts roughly 14,613 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Powell places 1,139 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.