Hastings, MN: how dark is the sky here?

Hastings 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 58.8% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Hastings.

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 Hastings

Cottage Grove, MN, about 6 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Hastings. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Cottage Grove, 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 Hastings compares nationally

Hastings, MN counts roughly 22,502 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Hastings places 1,874 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.