Waunakee, WI Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Waunakee, WI?
Waunakee's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. That's brighter than 26.5% 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 Waunakee
6 miles from Waunakee, straight-line, sits DeForest, WI, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Waunakee's own suburban edge band.
DeForest, WI is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Waunakee against the rest of the dataset
Waunakee, WI has a population of about 16,363, 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, Waunakee comes in at 844, darkest to brightest.