Baraboo, WI's night sky, measured from orbit

Baraboo reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 51.6% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Baraboo.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

The nearest darker sky to Baraboo

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Reedsburg, WI, roughly 14 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

How Baraboo compares nationally

About 13,096 people live in Baraboo, WI, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Baraboo places 1,645 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.