What the night sky looks like over Avon, IN

Satellite radiance puts Avon in the urban band. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. That's brighter than 86% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

The number comes from orbit, not a stargazer's logbook, so treat it as an estimate of sky glow rather than a certified Bortle class.

Where to go for a darker sky near Avon

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Plainfield, IN, roughly 5 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban. Road distance will be more.

Plainfield, IN is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.

Avon against the rest of the dataset

Avon, IN counts roughly 24,735 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Avon ranks 2,741 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.