How dark is the sky in Pleasant Prairie, WI?

Pleasant Prairie'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 30.7% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Pleasant Prairie.

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.

The nearest darker sky to Pleasant Prairie

6 miles from Pleasant Prairie, straight-line, sits Beach Park, IL, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Pleasant Prairie's own suburban edge band.

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

Pleasant Prairie against the rest of the dataset

About 21,802 people live in Pleasant Prairie, WI, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Pleasant Prairie ranks 979 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.