Orland Park, IL's night sky, measured from orbit

Orland Park reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Orland Park's sky is brighter than 83.2% 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.

How far Orland Park is from a meaningfully darker sky

5 miles from Orland Park, straight-line, sits Homer Glen, IL, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Orland Park's own suburban band.

Homer Glen, 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 Orland Park compares nationally

Orland Park, IL has a population of about 58,020, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Orland Park places 2,654 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.