What the night sky looks like over Elmwood Park, IL

Satellite radiance puts Elmwood Park in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Elmwood Park's sky is brighter than 84.5% 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.

The nearest darker sky to Elmwood Park

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

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

Elmwood Park against the rest of the dataset

Elmwood Park, IL has a population of about 23,698, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Elmwood Park ranks 2,693 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.