What the night sky looks like over Morris, IL

Morris reads as urban on this dataset's scale. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. Morris's sky is brighter than 86.6% of the 3,206 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 Morris

9 miles from Morris, straight-line, sits Channahon, IL, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Morris's own urban band.

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

Morris against the rest of the dataset

Morris, IL counts roughly 14,587 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Morris ranks 2,760 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.