Loma Linda, CA's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Loma Linda 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. Loma Linda's sky is brighter than 31.3% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

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 Loma Linda

Calimesa, CA, about 12 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Loma Linda. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Calimesa, 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 Loma Linda compares nationally

Loma Linda, CA counts roughly 25,197 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Loma Linda places 998 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.