What the night sky looks like over Peoria, IL

Peoria reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Peoria's sky is brighter than 59.5% 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 Peoria

Washington, IL, about 10 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Peoria. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Peoria against the rest of the dataset

Peoria, IL counts roughly 111,696 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Peoria ranks 1,896 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.