How dark is the sky in Wilkes-Barre, PA?

Wilkes-Barre reads as urban on this dataset's scale. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. Only 91% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Wilkes-Barre.

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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Wilkes-Barre

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Kingston, PA, roughly 1 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban. Road distance will be more.

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

Wilkes-Barre against the rest of the dataset

About 44,661 people live in Wilkes-Barre, PA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Wilkes-Barre ranks 2,901 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.