Woodstock, IL: how dark is the sky here?

Woodstock reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Woodstock's sky is brighter than 60.2% 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.

The nearest darker sky to Woodstock

Crystal Lake, IL, about 7 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Woodstock. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Crystal Lake, 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 Woodstock compares nationally

Woodstock, IL counts roughly 25,892 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Woodstock places 1,921 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.