Columbia Heights, MN: how dark is the sky here?

Columbia Heights's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 64.1% 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 Columbia Heights is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is New Brighton, MN, roughly 2 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

New Brighton, 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 Columbia Heights compares nationally

About 22,358 people live in Columbia Heights, MN, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Columbia Heights places 2,044 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.