Mankato, MN Night Sky Brightness
Mankato, MN's night sky, measured from orbit
Mankato's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 71% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Mankato.
Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
The nearest darker sky to Mankato
The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Faribault, MN, roughly 36 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.
Faribault, 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 Mankato compares nationally
Mankato, MN has a population of about 46,459, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Mankato's position, 2,264 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.