What the night sky looks like over South Holland, IL

South Holland 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. South Holland's sky is brighter than 88.9% 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 South Holland

Dolton, IL, about 2 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban band, one step darker than South Holland. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

South Holland against the rest of the dataset

South Holland, IL has a population of about 20,775, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, South Holland ranks 2,835 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.