How dark is the sky in Weirton, WV?

Weirton's sky measures rural here. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. Weirton's sky is brighter than 11.2% of the 3,206 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 Weirton is from a meaningfully darker sky

St. Marys, PA, about 129 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the dark sky band, one step darker than Weirton. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Weirton against the rest of the dataset

Weirton, WV has a population of about 18,317, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Weirton ranks 357 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.