What the night sky looks like over West Fargo, ND

West Fargo's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 64.5% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

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 West Fargo

Jamestown, ND, about 85 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than West Fargo. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

West Fargo against the rest of the dataset

About 41,027 people live in West Fargo, ND, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, West Fargo ranks 2,057 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.