What the night sky looks like over Grand Rapids, MN

Grand Rapids 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 64.4% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Grand Rapids.

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.

The nearest darker sky to Grand Rapids

Hibbing, MN, about 30 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Grand Rapids. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Grand Rapids against the rest of the dataset

Grand Rapids, MN has a population of about 11,244, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Grand Rapids ranks 2,053 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.