Virginia State Park Light Pollution Map

Virginia

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 Virginia in regards to light pollution and astronomy.

ItemHow Many
Number Of State Parks41
Number of Different Bortle Scales5
Level 1 Bortle Scale State Parks0
Level 2 Bortle Scale State Parks0
Level 3 Bortle Scale State Parks5
Level 4 Bortle Scale State Parks14
Level 5 Bortle Scale State Parks15
Level 6 Bortle Scale State Parks3
Level 7 Bortle Scale State Parks4
Level 8 Bortle Scale State Parks0
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 Virginia State Parks official website can be found here.

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