What the night sky looks like over Walnut, CA

Walnut's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. That's brighter than 24% of the 3,206 US 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Walnut

10 miles from Walnut, straight-line, sits Chino Hills, CA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Walnut's own suburban edge band.

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

Walnut against the rest of the dataset

About 27,250 people live in Walnut, CA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Walnut ranks 767 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.