Waynesboro, PA's night sky, measured from orbit

Waynesboro's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 59.6% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Waynesboro.

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 Waynesboro

33 miles from Waynesboro, straight-line, sits Westminster, MD, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Waynesboro's own suburban band.

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

How Waynesboro compares nationally

Waynesboro, PA has a population of about 11,101, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Waynesboro places 1,900 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.