Richmond Heights, OH: how dark is the sky here?

Satellite radiance puts Richmond Heights 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. That's brighter than 13.9% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Richmond Heights

18 miles from Richmond Heights, straight-line, sits Brecksville, OH, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Richmond Heights's own suburban edge band.

Brecksville, 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 Richmond Heights compares nationally

Richmond Heights, OH has a population of about 10,552, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Richmond Heights places 445 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.