Wheeling, IL Night Sky Brightness
Wheeling, IL's night sky, measured from orbit
Satellite radiance puts Wheeling in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 80.2% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Wheeling.
Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
The nearest darker sky to Wheeling
Prospect Heights, IL, about 2 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Wheeling. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.
Prospect Heights, 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 Wheeling compares nationally
Wheeling, IL counts roughly 38,329 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Wheeling's position, 2,558 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.