Crystal, MN Night Sky Brightness
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, covered fully in the Bortle scale guide.
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. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Crystal comes in at 1,056, darkest to brightest.