Port Washington, WI's night sky, measured from orbit

Port Washington reads as suburban edge on this dataset's scale. 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 30.2% 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 Port Washington is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Mequon, WI, roughly 14 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

Mequon, 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 Port Washington compares nationally

About 12,750 people live in Port Washington, WI, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Port Washington places 964 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.