What the night sky looks like over Takoma Park, MD

Takoma Park's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 53.4% 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 Takoma Park

New Carrollton, MD, about 7 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Takoma Park. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Takoma Park against the rest of the dataset

Takoma Park, MD counts roughly 17,856 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Takoma Park ranks 1,704 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.