Madison, IN: how dark is the sky here?

Madison 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. That's brighter than 17.4% of the 3,206 US 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 Madison

32 miles from Madison, straight-line, sits Sellersburg, IN, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Madison's own suburban edge band.

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

How Madison compares nationally

Madison, IN counts roughly 12,108 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Madison places 556 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.