Plover, WI's night sky, measured from orbit

Plover'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. That's brighter than 28.7% of the 3,206 US 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.

How far Plover is from a meaningfully darker sky

30 miles from Plover, straight-line, sits Weston, WI, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Plover's own suburban edge band.

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

How Plover compares nationally

About 14,208 people live in Plover, WI, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Plover places 916 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.