Vadnais Heights, MN: how dark is the sky here?

Vadnais Heights reads as rural on this dataset's scale. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. That's brighter than 8.8% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

How far Vadnais Heights is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Hugo, MN, roughly 9 miles away in a straight line, rated dark sky. Road distance will be more.

Hugo, 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 Vadnais Heights compares nationally

About 13,108 people live in Vadnais Heights, MN, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Vadnais Heights places 282 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.