What the night sky looks like over Riverside, CA

Riverside's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 82.7% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Riverside.

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 Riverside

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Norco, CA, roughly 9 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

Riverside against the rest of the dataset

Riverside, CA counts roughly 323,757 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Riverside ranks 2,638 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.