Waconia, MN Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Waconia, MN?
Waconia reads as urban on this dataset's scale. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. That's brighter than 85.6% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.
Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute, covered fully in the Bortle scale guide.
The nearest darker sky to Waconia
The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Victoria, MN, roughly 6 miles away in a straight line, rated dark sky. Road distance will be more.
Victoria, MN is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Waconia against the rest of the dataset
Waconia, MN has a population of about 13,831, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Waconia comes in at 2,730, darkest to brightest.