Hobart, WI's night sky, measured from orbit

Hobart's sky measures rural here. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. Hobart's sky is brighter than 4.5% 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 Hobart is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Windsor, WI, roughly 103 miles away in a straight line, rated dark sky. Road distance will be more.

Windsor, 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 Hobart compares nationally

Hobart, WI has a population of about 10,876, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Hobart places 143 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.