De Pere, WI's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts De Pere 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. That's brighter than 23.8% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

Where to go for a darker sky near De Pere

Hobart, WI, about 6 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than De Pere. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How De Pere compares nationally

About 25,453 people live in De Pere, WI, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. De Pere places 760 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.