Eau Claire, WI: how dark is the sky here?

Eau Claire reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 75.3% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Eau Claire.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

Where to go for a darker sky near Eau Claire

Chippewa Falls, WI, about 10 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Eau Claire. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Chippewa Falls, 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 Eau Claire compares nationally

Eau Claire, WI counts roughly 72,331 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Eau Claire places 2,402 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.