Coon Rapids, MN Night Sky Brightness
Coon Rapids, MN's night sky, measured from orbit
Coon Rapids 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 70.1% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Coon Rapids.
Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
The nearest darker sky to Coon Rapids
Anoka, MN, about 5 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Coon Rapids. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.
Anoka, 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 Coon Rapids compares nationally
About 63,807 people live in Coon Rapids, MN, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Coon Rapids's position, 2,236 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.