Roseville, MN Night Sky Brightness
Roseville, MN's night sky, measured from orbit
Roseville's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 44.5% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Roseville.
Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
The nearest darker sky to Roseville
Little Canada, MN, about 3 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.
Little Canada, MN is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
How Roseville compares nationally
About 35,637 people live in Roseville, MN, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Roseville's position, 1,418 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.