How dark is the sky in Dixon, IL?

Satellite radiance puts Dixon in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 68.9% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Dixon.

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 Dixon

Sterling, IL, about 12 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Dixon. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Dixon against the rest of the dataset

Dixon, IL has a population of about 15,156, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Dixon ranks 2,197 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.