Waukegan, IL: how dark is the sky here?

Satellite radiance puts Waukegan in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Waukegan's sky is brighter than 83.4% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

Where to go for a darker sky near Waukegan

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Beach Park, IL, roughly 5 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

Beach Park, 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 Waukegan compares nationally

Waukegan, IL has a population of about 88,570, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Waukegan places 2,658 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.