Arvin, CA Night Sky Brightness
Arvin, CA's night sky, measured from orbit
Arvin'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. Only 29.4% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Arvin.
Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
Where to go for a darker sky near Arvin
Shafter, CA, about 29 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Arvin. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.
Shafter, CA is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
How Arvin compares nationally
Arvin, CA counts roughly 19,661 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Arvin's position, 938 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.