What the night sky looks like over Menifee, CA

Menifee's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 47% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

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.

The nearest darker sky to Menifee

5 miles from Menifee, straight-line, sits Canyon Lake, CA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Menifee's own suburban band.

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

Menifee against the rest of the dataset

About 117,041 people live in Menifee, CA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Menifee ranks 1,500 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.