How dark is the sky in Calimesa, CA?

Satellite radiance puts Calimesa in the rural band. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. Only 10.2% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Calimesa.

Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute.

The nearest darker sky to Calimesa

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Banning, CA, roughly 9 miles away in a straight line, rated dark sky. Road distance will be more.

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

Calimesa against the rest of the dataset

Calimesa, CA has a population of about 11,150, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Calimesa ranks 327 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.