Hobart, WI Night Sky Brightness
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, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
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's position, 143 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.