What the night sky looks like over Eagan, MN

Eagan reads as suburban edge on this dataset's scale. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 24.1% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Eagan.

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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Eagan

7 miles from Eagan, straight-line, sits Rosemount, MN, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Eagan's own suburban edge band.

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

Eagan against the rest of the dataset

Eagan, MN counts roughly 67,240 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Eagan ranks 769 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.