What the night sky looks like over Laguna Hills, CA

Satellite radiance puts Laguna Hills in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Laguna Hills's sky is brighter than 45.1% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

The number comes from orbit, not a stargazer's logbook, so treat it as an estimate of sky glow rather than a certified Bortle class.

The nearest darker sky to Laguna Hills

Laguna Woods, CA, about 2 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Laguna Hills. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Laguna Hills against the rest of the dataset

Laguna Hills, CA counts roughly 30,378 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Laguna Hills ranks 1,439 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.