How dark is the sky in Roseville, MI?

Roseville reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 65.5% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Roseville.

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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Roseville

Grosse Pointe Woods, MI, about 5 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Roseville. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Roseville against the rest of the dataset

Roseville, MI has a population of about 47,047, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Roseville ranks 2,090 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.