Vernon Hills, IL's night sky, measured from orbit

Vernon Hills's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Vernon Hills's sky is brighter than 75.1% of the 3,206 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 Vernon Hills

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Libertyville, IL, roughly 3 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

Libertyville, 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 Vernon Hills compares nationally

Vernon Hills, IL has a population of about 27,002, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Vernon Hills places 2,394 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.