What the night sky looks like over Lemon Grove, CA

Lemon Grove reads as suburban edge on this dataset's scale. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 39.8% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Lemon Grove.

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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Lemon Grove

Coronado, CA, about 9 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Lemon Grove. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Lemon Grove against the rest of the dataset

About 27,867 people live in Lemon Grove, CA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Lemon Grove ranks 1,268 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.