Blaine, MN: how dark is the sky here?

Blaine'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. That's brighter than 14.3% of the 3,206 US 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.

How far Blaine is from a meaningfully darker sky

5 miles from Blaine, straight-line, sits Lino Lakes, MN, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Blaine's own suburban edge band.

Lino Lakes, 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 Blaine compares nationally

Blaine, MN counts roughly 75,172 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Blaine places 456 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.