What the night sky looks like over Manitowoc, WI

Satellite radiance puts Manitowoc in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 39.9% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Manitowoc.

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 Manitowoc

Two Rivers, WI, about 6 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Manitowoc. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Manitowoc against the rest of the dataset

Manitowoc, WI counts roughly 34,616 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Manitowoc ranks 1,273 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.