How dark is the sky in Trotwood, OH?

Trotwood reads as rural on this dataset's scale. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. That's brighter than 5.2% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute.

How far Trotwood is from a meaningfully darker sky

256 miles from Trotwood, straight-line, sits Plano, IL, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Trotwood's own rural band.

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

Trotwood against the rest of the dataset

Trotwood, OH has a population of about 23,073, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Trotwood ranks 166 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.