Taylorville, IL: how dark is the sky here?

Taylorville reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 59.1% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

The nearest darker sky to Taylorville

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Chatham, IL, roughly 22 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

How Taylorville compares nationally

Taylorville, IL counts roughly 10,263 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Taylorville places 1,885 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.