What the night sky looks like over La Crosse, WI

La Crosse'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. Only 9% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than La Crosse.

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.

Where to go for a darker sky near La Crosse

86 miles from La Crosse, straight-line, sits Red Wing, MN, the nearest city here with a darker sky than La Crosse's own rural band.

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

La Crosse against the rest of the dataset

La Crosse, WI counts roughly 51,049 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, La Crosse ranks 289 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.