What the night sky looks like over Dubuque, IA

Dubuque's sky measures suburban edge here. 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 33.7% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

The number comes from orbit, not a stargazer's logbook, so treat it as an estimate of sky glow rather than a certified Bortle class.

The nearest darker sky to Dubuque

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Clinton, IA, roughly 51 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

Dubuque against the rest of the dataset

Dubuque, IA has a population of about 58,987, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Dubuque ranks 1,076 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.