Dixon, CA Night Sky Brightness
Dixon, CA's night sky, measured from orbit
Satellite radiance puts Dixon in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 36.1% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Dixon.
Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
Where to go for a darker sky near Dixon
20 miles from Dixon, straight-line, sits Rio Vista, CA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Dixon's own suburban edge band.
Rio Vista, CA is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
How Dixon compares nationally
Dixon, CA counts roughly 20,296 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Dixon's position, 1,150 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.