Merrillville, IN's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Merrillville in the urban band. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. Merrillville's sky is brighter than 97% 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 Merrillville

Hobart, IN, about 4 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Merrillville. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Merrillville compares nationally

Merrillville, IN counts roughly 36,989 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Merrillville places 3,091 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.