What the night sky looks like over Maplewood, MN

Maplewood 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. Only 34.3% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Maplewood.

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 Maplewood

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Vadnais Heights, MN, roughly 3 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

Maplewood against the rest of the dataset

Maplewood, MN counts roughly 40,142 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Maplewood ranks 1,095 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.