Inver Grove Heights, MN: how dark is the sky here?

Inver Grove Heights 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. Inver Grove Heights's sky is brighter than 28.5% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

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 Inver Grove Heights

Rosemount, MN, about 6 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Inver Grove Heights. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Rosemount, 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 Inver Grove Heights compares nationally

Inver Grove Heights, MN has a population of about 36,226, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Inver Grove Heights places 908 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.