What the night sky looks like over Bolingbrook, IL

Bolingbrook's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 65.3% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Bolingbrook.

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 Bolingbrook

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Lemont, IL, roughly 6 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

Bolingbrook against the rest of the dataset

Bolingbrook, IL has a population of about 74,756, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Bolingbrook ranks 2,083 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.