How dark is the sky in Rye, NY?

Satellite radiance puts Rye in the rural band. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. That's brighter than 7% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute.

The nearest darker sky to Rye

32 miles from Rye, straight-line, sits Ringwood, NJ, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Rye's own rural band.

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

Rye against the rest of the dataset

Rye, NY has a population of about 16,463, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Rye ranks 226 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.