How dark is the sky in Menomonie, WI?

Menomonie's sky measures rural here. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. Only 5% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Menomonie.

Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute.

The nearest darker sky to Menomonie

Red Wing, MN, about 40 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the dark sky band, one step darker than Menomonie. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Menomonie against the rest of the dataset

Menomonie, WI counts roughly 16,709 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Menomonie ranks 161 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.