West Haverstraw, NY: how dark is the sky here?

West Haverstraw's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 63.3% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than West Haverstraw.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

Where to go for a darker sky near West Haverstraw

Haverstraw, NY, about 3 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than West Haverstraw. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How West Haverstraw compares nationally

West Haverstraw, NY has a population of about 10,804, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. West Haverstraw places 2,018 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.