Redding, CA Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Redding, CA?
Redding reads as urban on this dataset's scale. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. Redding's sky is brighter than 91.2% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.
Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute, covered fully in the Bortle scale guide.
The nearest darker sky to Redding
7 miles from Redding, straight-line, sits Shasta Lake, CA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Redding's own urban band.
Shasta Lake, CA is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Redding against the rest of the dataset
About 93,502 people live in Redding, CA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Redding comes in at 2,907, darkest to brightest.