What the night sky looks like over Midland, MI

Satellite radiance puts Midland in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 22.6% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Midland.

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.

The nearest darker sky to Midland

73 miles from Midland, straight-line, sits Cadillac, MI, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Midland's own suburban edge band.

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

Midland against the rest of the dataset

About 42,780 people live in Midland, MI, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Midland ranks 723 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.