Mendota Heights, MN: how dark is the sky here?

Mendota Heights 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. Mendota Heights's sky is brighter than 14.2% of the 3,206 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.

How far Mendota Heights is from a meaningfully darker sky

10 miles from Mendota Heights, straight-line, sits Rosemount, MN, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Mendota Heights's own suburban edge band.

Rosemount, 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 Mendota Heights compares nationally

Mendota Heights, MN has a population of about 11,542, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Mendota Heights places 453 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.