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.

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 places 1,771 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.