Westminster, MD: how dark is the sky here?

Satellite radiance puts Westminster in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. That's brighter than 30.7% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

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.

How far Westminster is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Pine Hill, NJ, roughly 109 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

How Westminster compares nationally

About 20,662 people live in Westminster, MD, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Westminster places 982 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.