Winnetka, IL's night sky, measured from orbit

Winnetka'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. Winnetka's sky is brighter than 18.9% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

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 Winnetka

Wauconda, IL, about 23 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Winnetka. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Wauconda, 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 Winnetka compares nationally

Winnetka, IL has a population of about 12,494, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Winnetka places 602 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.