Rome, NY's night sky, measured from orbit

Rome 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. Only 21.6% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Rome.

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

Where to go for a darker sky near Rome

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Oneida, NY, roughly 14 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

Oneida, 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 Rome compares nationally

Rome, NY counts roughly 31,990 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Rome places 689 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.