Westfield, IN's night sky, measured from orbit

Westfield's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 51.3% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Westfield.

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 Westfield

Zionsville, IN, about 9 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Westfield. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Westfield compares nationally

Westfield, IN has a population of about 62,994, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Westfield places 1,636 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.