Springfield, OH: how dark is the sky here?

Springfield reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 72.6% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Springfield.

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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Springfield

14 miles from Springfield, straight-line, sits Fairborn, OH, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Springfield's own suburban band.

Fairborn, 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 Springfield compares nationally

Springfield, OH counts roughly 58,138 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Springfield places 2,315 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.