DarkSkyCheck

Neenah, WI Night Sky Brightness

What the night sky looks like over Neenah, WI

Suburban
37.5 nW/cm2/sr

Neenah reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 78% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

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 Bortle scale guide covers why.

The nearest darker sky to Neenah

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

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

Neenah against the rest of the dataset

Neenah, WI has a population of about 27,502, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Neenah ranks 2,486 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured, by the sampling the methodology guide documents.