How dark is the sky in Huntington Park, CA?

Huntington Park reads as urban on this dataset's scale. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. That's brighter than 95.5% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute.

Where to go for a darker sky near Huntington Park

Monterey Park, CA, about 7 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban band, one step darker than Huntington Park. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Huntington Park against the rest of the dataset

Huntington Park, CA has a population of about 52,166, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Huntington Park ranks 3,045 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.