What the night sky looks like over Hammond, IN

Satellite radiance puts Hammond in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 85.2% 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 Hammond

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Lake Station, IN, roughly 13 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

Hammond against the rest of the dataset

Hammond, IN counts roughly 76,030 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Hammond ranks 2,715 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.