Rantoul, IL: how dark is the sky here?

Satellite radiance puts Rantoul in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 71.1% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

Where to go for a darker sky near Rantoul

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

Mahomet, 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 Rantoul compares nationally

Rantoul, IL has a population of about 12,268, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Rantoul places 2,268 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.