La Cañada Flintridge, CA Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in La Cañada Flintridge, CA?
Satellite radiance puts La Cañada Flintridge in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 52.1% 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, covered fully in the Bortle scale guide.
How far La Cañada Flintridge is from a meaningfully darker sky
The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Glendale, CA, roughly 3 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.
Glendale, CA is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
La Cañada Flintridge against the rest of the dataset
About 19,621 people live in La Cañada Flintridge, CA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, La Cañada Flintridge comes in at 1,664, darkest to brightest.