Hutchinson, MN's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Hutchinson in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 45.2% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Hutchinson.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

Where to go for a darker sky near Hutchinson

35 miles from Hutchinson, straight-line, sits Victoria, MN, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Hutchinson's own suburban band.

Victoria, 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 Hutchinson compares nationally

Hutchinson, MN has a population of about 14,708, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Hutchinson places 1,440 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.