La Verne, CA Night Sky Brightness
La Verne, CA's night sky, measured from orbit
La Verne reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. La Verne's sky is brighter than 55.5% of the 3,206 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, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
How far La Verne is from a meaningfully darker sky
Claremont, CA, about 3 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than La Verne. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.
Claremont, 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 La Verne compares nationally
About 30,192 people live in La Verne, CA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. La Verne's position, 1,771 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.