Lompoc, CA's night sky, measured from orbit

Lompoc 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. Lompoc's sky is brighter than 15.2% 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.

How far Lompoc is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Santa Barbara, CA, roughly 47 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

Santa Barbara, 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 Lompoc compares nationally

Lompoc, CA counts roughly 43,594 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Lompoc places 486 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.