Moorhead, MN's night sky, measured from orbit

Moorhead reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Moorhead's sky is brighter than 83.3% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

Where to go for a darker sky near Moorhead

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Jamestown, ND, roughly 92 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

How Moorhead compares nationally

Moorhead, MN counts roughly 45,726 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Moorhead places 2,655 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.