Mequon, WI Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Mequon, WI?
Mequon reads as rural on this dataset's scale. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. Only 5.7% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Mequon.
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, covered fully in the Bortle scale guide.
Where to go for a darker sky near Mequon
The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Muskego, WI, roughly 24 miles away in a straight line, rated dark sky. Road distance will be more.
Muskego, WI is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Mequon against the rest of the dataset
Mequon, WI counts roughly 25,329 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Mequon comes in at 184, darkest to brightest.