What the night sky looks like over Tarrytown, NY

Satellite radiance puts Tarrytown in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 47.7% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Tarrytown.

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 Tarrytown

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Sleepy Hollow, NY, roughly 2 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

Tarrytown against the rest of the dataset

Tarrytown, NY counts roughly 11,829 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Tarrytown ranks 1,522 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.