Quincy, IL's night sky, measured from orbit

Quincy reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 58.5% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Quincy.

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 Quincy

Hannibal, MO, about 15 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Quincy. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Quincy compares nationally

About 38,786 people live in Quincy, IL, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Quincy places 1,865 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.