Holland, MI's night sky, measured from orbit

Holland's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. That's brighter than 26.9% 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 Holland

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Norton Shores, MI, roughly 29 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

How Holland compares nationally

Holland, MI counts roughly 35,023 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Holland places 859 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.