What the night sky looks like over Winchester, VA

Winchester's sky measures suburban edge here. 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 32.3% of the 3,206 US 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 Winchester is from a meaningfully darker sky

118 miles from Winchester, straight-line, sits Murrysville, PA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Winchester's own suburban edge band.

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

Winchester against the rest of the dataset

Winchester, VA counts roughly 27,800 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Winchester ranks 1,029 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.