Griffith, IN's night sky, measured from orbit

Griffith's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 54.8% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

Where to go for a darker sky near Griffith

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Hobart, IN, roughly 8 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

How Griffith compares nationally

About 16,192 people live in Griffith, IN, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Griffith places 1,749 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.