Larkspur, CA: how dark is the sky here?

Satellite radiance puts Larkspur 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. Larkspur's sky is brighter than 25.6% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

The nearest darker sky to Larkspur

Mill Valley, CA, about 2 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Larkspur. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Mill Valley, 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 Larkspur compares nationally

About 12,807 people live in Larkspur, CA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Larkspur places 818 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.