Shoreview, MN Night Sky Brightness
What the night sky looks like over Shoreview, MN
Shoreview's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Shoreview's sky is brighter than 47.5% of the 3,206 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 Bortle scale guide covers why.
Where to go for a darker sky near Shoreview
3 miles from Shoreview, straight-line, sits New Brighton, MN, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Shoreview's own suburban band.
New Brighton, MN is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Shoreview against the rest of the dataset
Shoreview, MN has a population of about 26,939, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Shoreview ranks 1,516 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured, by the sampling the methodology guide documents.