What the night sky looks like over Rolling Meadows, IL

Rolling Meadows reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Rolling Meadows's sky is brighter than 64.6% of the 3,206 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.

The nearest darker sky to Rolling Meadows

5 miles from Rolling Meadows, straight-line, sits Prospect Heights, IL, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Rolling Meadows's own suburban band.

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

Rolling Meadows against the rest of the dataset

About 23,732 people live in Rolling Meadows, IL, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Rolling Meadows ranks 2,060 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.