What the night sky looks like over Monticello, MN

Monticello's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 62.8% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Monticello.

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 Monticello

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Big Lake, MN, roughly 4 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

Monticello against the rest of the dataset

About 15,482 people live in Monticello, MN, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Monticello ranks 2,002 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.