What the night sky looks like over Lindenhurst, IL

Lindenhurst's sky measures rural here. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. Only 9.9% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Lindenhurst.

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 Lindenhurst

Caledonia, WI, about 27 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the dark sky band, one step darker than Lindenhurst. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Lindenhurst against the rest of the dataset

Lindenhurst, IL counts roughly 14,564 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Lindenhurst ranks 317 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.