Morgan Hill, CA's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Morgan Hill in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Morgan Hill's sky is brighter than 53% 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.

The nearest darker sky to Morgan Hill

Gilroy, CA, about 9 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Morgan Hill. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Gilroy, 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 Morgan Hill compares nationally

Morgan Hill, CA has a population of about 45,952, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Morgan Hill places 1,691 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.