How dark is the sky in Crystal, MN?

Satellite radiance puts Crystal in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 33.1% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Crystal.

Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute.

Where to go for a darker sky near Crystal

Maple Grove, MN, about 7 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Crystal. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Crystal against the rest of the dataset

Crystal, MN has a population of about 22,082, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Crystal ranks 1,056 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.