What the night sky looks like over Marshall, MN

Marshall reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Marshall's sky is brighter than 78.4% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

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.

How far Marshall is from a meaningfully darker sky

71 miles from Marshall, straight-line, sits Brandon, SD, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Marshall's own suburban band.

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

Marshall against the rest of the dataset

About 13,996 people live in Marshall, MN, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Marshall ranks 2,499 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.