Rhode Island State Parks Light Pollution

We previously did an article on the 2024 solar eclipse for the Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island in regards to light pollution and astronomy.

ItemHow Many
Number Of State Parks14
Number of Different Bortle Scales3
Level 1 Bortle Scale State Parks0
Level 2 Bortle Scale State Parks0
Level 3 Bortle Scale State Parks0
Level 4 Bortle Scale State Parks6
Level 5 Bortle Scale State Parks5
Level 6 Bortle Scale State Parks3
Table 1: State Park Info

Using the idea of mapping the state parks for the 2024 solar eclipse, we used the same process and added in the light pollution information. Rhode Island State Parks can be found here.

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
Table 3: Bortle Scale Map Marker

To learn more about the Bortle Scale, check out this article.

1 Comment on "Rhode Island State Parks Light Pollution"

  1. Jadon Cranks | April 8, 2024 at 3:15 pm | Reply

    Your expertise is highly respected in the field.

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