Lansing, IL Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Lansing, IL?
Lansing's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Lansing's sky is brighter than 70.2% of the 3,206 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 Lansing is from a meaningfully darker sky
Park Forest, IL, about 9 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Lansing. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.
Park Forest, IL is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Lansing against the rest of the dataset
Lansing, IL counts roughly 28,107 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Lansing comes in at 2,239, darkest to brightest.