Oak Forest, IL's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Oak Forest in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Oak Forest's sky is brighter than 72.8% 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 Oak Forest

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Palos Hills, IL, roughly 7 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

How Oak Forest compares nationally

About 26,813 people live in Oak Forest, IL, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Oak Forest places 2,320 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.