Kaukauna, WI Night Sky Brightness
What the night sky looks like over Kaukauna, WI
Satellite radiance puts Kaukauna in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 67.1% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Kaukauna.
The number comes from orbit, not a stargazer's logbook, so treat it as an estimate of sky glow rather than a certified Bortle class - the Bortle scale guide covers why.
Where to go for a darker sky near Kaukauna
The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Harrison, WI, roughly 6 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.
Harrison, WI is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Kaukauna against the rest of the dataset
About 18,363 people live in Kaukauna, WI, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Kaukauna ranks 2,141 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured, by the sampling the methodology guide documents.