Escanaba, MI's night sky, measured from orbit

Escanaba 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 62.7% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Escanaba.

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

How far Escanaba is from a meaningfully darker sky

Marinette, WI, about 53 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Escanaba. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Marinette, 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 Escanaba compares nationally

About 12,296 people live in Escanaba, MI, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Escanaba places 1,998 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.