What the night sky looks like over Park Forest, IL

Park Forest's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Park Forest's sky is brighter than 43.4% 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Park Forest

Hobart, IN, about 21 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Park Forest. 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.

Park Forest against the rest of the dataset

Park Forest, IL has a population of about 21,016, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Park Forest ranks 1,385 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.