Richfield, WI: how dark is the sky here?

Richfield's sky measures rural here. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. Only 4% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Richfield.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

Where to go for a darker sky near Richfield

Muskego, WI, about 26 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the dark sky band, one step darker than Richfield. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Muskego, 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 Richfield compares nationally

Richfield, WI has a population of about 11,783, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Richfield places 128 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.