Wauconda, IL Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Wauconda, IL?
Wauconda reads as rural on this dataset's scale. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. That's brighter than 11% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.
Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute, covered fully in the Bortle scale guide.
How far Wauconda is from a meaningfully darker sky
38 miles from Wauconda, straight-line, sits Caledonia, WI, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Wauconda's own rural band.
Caledonia, WI is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Wauconda against the rest of the dataset
About 14,055 people live in Wauconda, IL, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Wauconda comes in at 351, darkest to brightest.