What the night sky looks like over Round Lake, IL

Round Lake's sky measures rural here. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. That's brighter than 4.3% of the 3,206 US 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Round Lake

Caledonia, WI, about 33 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the dark sky band, one step darker than Round Lake. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Round Lake against the rest of the dataset

Round Lake, IL has a population of about 18,654, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Round Lake ranks 137 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.