Bloomingdale, IL's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Bloomingdale in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 46.8% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

Where to go for a darker sky near Bloomingdale

Carol Stream, IL, about 3 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Bloomingdale. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Bloomingdale compares nationally

Bloomingdale, IL has a population of about 22,622, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Bloomingdale places 1,494 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.