Sylvania, OH Night Sky Brightness
Sylvania, OH's night sky, measured from orbit
Satellite radiance puts Sylvania in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 36.4% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Sylvania.
Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
Where to go for a darker sky near Sylvania
Oregon, OH, about 15 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Sylvania. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.
Oregon, 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 Sylvania compares nationally
Sylvania, OH counts roughly 19,102 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Sylvania's position, 1,160 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.