What the night sky looks like over Sussex, WI

Sussex reads as suburban edge on this dataset's scale. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 31.6% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Sussex.

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 Sussex

2 miles from Sussex, straight-line, sits Lisbon, WI, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Sussex's own suburban edge band.

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

Sussex against the rest of the dataset

Sussex, WI counts roughly 12,607 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Sussex ranks 1,008 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.