Whitehall, PA Night Sky Brightness
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, covered fully in the Bortle scale guide.
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. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Whitehall comes in at 642, darkest to brightest.