What the night sky looks like over Scarsdale, NY

Scarsdale's sky measures suburban edge here. 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 16.4% 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 Scarsdale

6 miles from Scarsdale, straight-line, sits Rye, NY, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Scarsdale's own suburban edge band.

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

Scarsdale against the rest of the dataset

Scarsdale, NY has a population of about 18,036, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Scarsdale ranks 526 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.