How dark is the sky in Whitehall, PA?

Satellite radiance puts Whitehall 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. Only 20.1% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Whitehall.

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.

The nearest darker sky to Whitehall

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Jefferson Hills, PA, roughly 5 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

Whitehall against the rest of the dataset

Whitehall, PA has a population of about 14,678, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Whitehall ranks 642 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.