What the night sky looks like over Muskegon, MI

Muskegon's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 34% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Muskegon.

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 Muskegon

4 miles from Muskegon, straight-line, sits Norton Shores, MI, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Muskegon's own suburban edge band.

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

Muskegon against the rest of the dataset

Muskegon, MI has a population of about 37,287, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Muskegon ranks 1,086 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.