Maryland State Parks Light Pollution Map

Maryland

As we previously did articles on the 2024 solar eclipse for the several state parks, and figure that there is an amazing opportunity for mapping those state parks to their Bortle Scale values. With the help of https://www.lightpollutionmap.info, we created the following table to provide information about the entire state parks for Maryland in regards to light pollution and astronomy.

ItemHow Many
Number Of State Parks60
Number of Different Bortle Scales6
Level 1 Bortle Scale State Parks0
Level 2 Bortle Scale State Parks0
Level 3 Bortle Scale State Parks2
Level 4 Bortle Scale State Parks17
Level 5 Bortle Scale State Parks19
Level 6 Bortle Scale State Parks12
Level 7 Bortle Scale State Parks3
Level 8 Bortle Scale State Parks7
Table 1: State Park Info

Map

Here is a show of the colors of the markers, to know how to read the map.

ColorBortle Scale
BlackLevel 1
Dark PurpleLevel 2
BlueLevel 3
GreenLevel 4
YellowLevel 5
OrangeLevel 6
RedLevel 7
WhiteLevel 8
Table 2: Bortle Scale Map Marker

To learn more about the Bortle Scale, check out this article. The Maryland State Parks official website can be found here.

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