What the night sky looks like over Hazel Park, MI

Hazel Park's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 84.3% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Hazel Park.

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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Hazel Park

Royal Oak, MI, about 4 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Hazel Park. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Hazel Park against the rest of the dataset

Hazel Park, MI counts roughly 15,064 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Hazel Park ranks 2,688 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.