What the night sky looks like over Waterville, ME

Waterville's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Waterville's sky is brighter than 32.5% of the 3,206 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 Waterville

Augusta, ME, about 15 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Waterville. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Waterville against the rest of the dataset

Waterville, ME has a population of about 17,336, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Waterville ranks 1,038 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.