Albert Lea, MN: how dark is the sky here?

Albert Lea reads as suburban edge on this dataset's scale. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 42.9% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Albert Lea.

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 Albert Lea

Prior Lake, MN, about 74 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Albert Lea. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Albert Lea compares nationally

Albert Lea, MN counts roughly 18,159 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Albert Lea places 1,369 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.