What the night sky looks like over Steubenville, OH

Steubenville's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 52.1% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Steubenville.

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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Steubenville

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Weirton, WV, roughly 6 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

Steubenville against the rest of the dataset

Steubenville, OH has a population of about 18,029, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Steubenville ranks 1,665 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.