What the night sky looks like over Corcoran, CA

Satellite radiance puts Corcoran in the rural band. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. That's brighter than 12.5% 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.

The nearest darker sky to Corcoran

Avenal, CA, about 31 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the dark sky band, one step darker than Corcoran. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Corcoran against the rest of the dataset

Corcoran, CA counts roughly 22,627 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Corcoran ranks 398 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.