Fridley, MN's night sky, measured from orbit

Fridley'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. Fridley's sky is brighter than 41.8% of the 3,206 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.

How far Fridley is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Lino Lakes, MN, roughly 9 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

How Fridley compares nationally

Fridley, MN counts roughly 30,679 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Fridley places 1,332 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.