What the night sky looks like over Pontiac, IL

Satellite radiance puts Pontiac in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. That's brighter than 33.5% of the 3,206 US 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 Pontiac

55 miles from Pontiac, straight-line, sits Plano, IL, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Pontiac's own suburban edge band.

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

Pontiac against the rest of the dataset

Pontiac, IL counts roughly 11,054 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Pontiac ranks 1,069 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.