What the night sky looks like over Stoughton, WI

Satellite radiance puts Stoughton in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Stoughton's sky is brighter than 25.4% 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Stoughton

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Fitchburg, WI, roughly 11 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

Stoughton against the rest of the dataset

Stoughton, WI has a population of about 13,134, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Stoughton ranks 809 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.