Huntington Beach, CA's night sky, measured from orbit

Huntington Beach's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 63.6% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Huntington Beach.

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 Huntington Beach

Seal Beach, CA, about 5 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Huntington Beach. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Seal Beach, 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 Huntington Beach compares nationally

Huntington Beach, CA counts roughly 193,151 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Huntington Beach places 2,029 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.