What the night sky looks like over Wilmington, OH

Wilmington's sky measures rural here. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. Wilmington's sky is brighter than 5.8% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

The number comes from orbit, not a stargazer's logbook, so treat it as an estimate of sky glow rather than a certified Bortle class.

How far Wilmington is from a meaningfully darker sky

293 miles from Wilmington, straight-line, sits Plano, IL, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Wilmington's own rural band.

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

Wilmington against the rest of the dataset

Wilmington, OH counts roughly 12,639 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Wilmington ranks 187 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.