Hollister, CA's night sky, measured from orbit

Hollister reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 53.3% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Hollister.

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 Hollister

Gilroy, CA, about 15 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Hollister. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Hollister compares nationally

Hollister, CA has a population of about 45,033, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Hollister places 1,702 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.