What the night sky looks like over Waukesha, WI

Waukesha reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 67% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Waukesha.

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.

The nearest darker sky to Waukesha

Pewaukee, WI, about 4 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Waukesha. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Waukesha against the rest of the dataset

About 71,461 people live in Waukesha, WI, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Waukesha ranks 2,137 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.