Lindsay, CA's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Lindsay in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 50.5% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Lindsay.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

Where to go for a darker sky near Lindsay

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Exeter, CA, roughly 7 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

Exeter, 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 Lindsay compares nationally

Lindsay, CA has a population of about 12,706, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Lindsay places 1,611 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.