What the night sky looks like over Loves Park, IL

Loves Park's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 16.6% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Loves Park.

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.

How far Loves Park is from a meaningfully darker sky

8 miles from Loves Park, straight-line, sits Belvidere, IL, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Loves Park's own suburban edge band.

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

Loves Park against the rest of the dataset

Loves Park, IL counts roughly 23,636 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Loves Park ranks 530 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.