Tipp City, OH's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Tipp City in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Tipp City's sky is brighter than 69.7% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

Where to go for a darker sky near Tipp City

Troy, OH, about 6 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Tipp City. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Troy, 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 Tipp City compares nationally

About 10,596 people live in Tipp City, OH, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Tipp City places 2,222 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.