What the night sky looks like over Tinley Park, IL

Satellite radiance puts Tinley Park in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 66% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Tinley Park.

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 Tinley Park

5 miles from Tinley Park, straight-line, sits Mokena, IL, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Tinley Park's own suburban band.

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

Tinley Park against the rest of the dataset

About 54,856 people live in Tinley Park, IL, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Tinley Park ranks 2,105 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.