New Richmond, WI Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in New Richmond, WI?
New Richmond'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 17.7% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than New Richmond.
Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute, covered fully in the Bortle scale guide.
The nearest darker sky to New Richmond
Stillwater, MN, about 15 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than New Richmond. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.
Stillwater, MN is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
New Richmond against the rest of the dataset
New Richmond, WI counts roughly 10,879 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, New Richmond comes in at 565, darkest to brightest.