Waynesboro, PA Night Sky Brightness
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, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
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's position, 1,900 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.