How dark is the sky in Holmen, WI?

Holmen reads as suburban edge on this dataset's scale. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 30.6% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Holmen.

Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute.

The nearest darker sky to Holmen

Onalaska, WI, about 6 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Holmen. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Holmen against the rest of the dataset

Holmen, WI has a population of about 11,866, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Holmen ranks 978 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.