What the night sky looks like over Lake in the Hills, IL

Satellite radiance puts Lake in the Hills in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Lake in the Hills's sky is brighter than 17.9% 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.

How far Lake in the Hills is from a meaningfully darker sky

Wauconda, IL, about 11 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Lake in the Hills. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Lake in the Hills against the rest of the dataset

Lake in the Hills, IL has a population of about 28,706, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Lake in the Hills ranks 570 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.