Walker, MI: how dark is the sky here?

Walker 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. Walker's sky is brighter than 15.8% of the 3,206 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 Walker is from a meaningfully darker sky

Norton Shores, MI, about 27 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Walker. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Walker compares nationally

Walker, MI has a population of about 25,921, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Walker places 504 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.