What the night sky looks like over Citrus Heights, CA

Citrus Heights reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Citrus Heights's sky is brighter than 52.3% of the 3,206 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 Citrus Heights

Roseville, CA, about 5 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Citrus Heights. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Citrus Heights against the rest of the dataset

Citrus Heights, CA counts roughly 86,909 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Citrus Heights ranks 1,669 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.