What the night sky looks like over Randolph Town, MA

Randolph Town reads as suburban edge on this dataset's scale. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. That's brighter than 23.3% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

The number comes from orbit, not a stargazer's logbook, so treat it as an estimate of sky glow rather than a certified Bortle class.

The nearest darker sky to Randolph Town

15 miles from Randolph Town, straight-line, sits Bridgewater Town, MA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Randolph Town's own suburban edge band.

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

Randolph Town against the rest of the dataset

About 35,114 people live in Randolph Town, MA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Randolph Town ranks 744 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.