Pennsylvania State Park Light Pollution Map

Pennsylvania

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 Pennsylvania in regards to light pollution and astronomy.

ItemHow Many
Number Of State Parks121
Number of Different Bortle Scales7
Level 1 Bortle Scale State Parks0
Level 2 Bortle Scale State Parks14
Level 3 Bortle Scale State Parks17
Level 4 Bortle Scale State Parks20
Level 5 Bortle Scale State Parks39
Level 6 Bortle Scale State Parks20
Level 7 Bortle Scale State Parks3
Level 8 Bortle Scale State Parks8
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 Pennsylvania State Parks official website can be found here.

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