Rockville Centre, NY's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Rockville Centre in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 82.8% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Rockville Centre.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

How far Rockville Centre is from a meaningfully darker sky

Glen Cove, NY, about 15 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Rockville Centre. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Rockville Centre compares nationally

About 25,718 people live in Rockville Centre, NY, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Rockville Centre places 2,640 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.