What the night sky looks like over Rosemount, MN

Rosemount'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. That's brighter than 8.6% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

The number comes from orbit, not a stargazer's logbook, so treat it as an estimate of sky glow rather than a certified Bortle class.

The nearest darker sky to Rosemount

25 miles from Rosemount, straight-line, sits Red Wing, MN, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Rosemount's own rural band.

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

Rosemount against the rest of the dataset

Rosemount, MN counts roughly 30,581 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Rosemount ranks 274 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.