Turlock, CA's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Turlock in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 75.5% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

Where to go for a darker sky near Turlock

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Riverbank, CA, roughly 16 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

How Turlock compares nationally

Turlock, CA has a population of about 72,888, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Turlock places 2,407 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.