New Hope, MN's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts New Hope in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. New Hope's sky is brighter than 53.8% 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.

The nearest darker sky to New Hope

1 miles from New Hope, straight-line, sits Crystal, MN, the nearest city here with a darker sky than New Hope's own suburban band.

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

How New Hope compares nationally

New Hope, MN counts roughly 20,745 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. New Hope places 1,717 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.