Yorba Linda, CA: how dark is the sky here?

Yorba Linda'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. Yorba Linda's sky is brighter than 38.4% 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 Yorba Linda

Chino Hills, CA, about 5 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Yorba Linda. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Yorba Linda compares nationally

About 66,489 people live in Yorba Linda, CA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Yorba Linda places 1,225 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.