What the night sky looks like over Grand Haven, MI

Satellite radiance puts Grand Haven in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Grand Haven's sky is brighter than 42.3% of the 3,206 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.

How far Grand Haven is from a meaningfully darker sky

8 miles from Grand Haven, straight-line, sits Norton Shores, MI, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Grand Haven's own suburban edge band.

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

Grand Haven against the rest of the dataset

Grand Haven, MI counts roughly 11,045 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Grand Haven ranks 1,349 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.