What the night sky looks like over Lincolnwood, IL

Lincolnwood's sky measures urban here. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. That's brighter than 88.6% of the 3,206 US 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Lincolnwood

2 miles from Lincolnwood, straight-line, sits Skokie, IL, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Lincolnwood's own urban band.

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

Lincolnwood against the rest of the dataset

About 13,055 people live in Lincolnwood, IL, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Lincolnwood ranks 2,824 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.