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

Shaker Heights reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Shaker Heights's sky is brighter than 56.4% of the 3,206 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.

The nearest darker sky to Shaker Heights

Richmond Heights, OH, about 6 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Shaker Heights. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Richmond Heights, 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 Shaker Heights compares nationally

Shaker Heights, OH counts roughly 28,689 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Shaker Heights places 1,800 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.