Williston, ND Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Williston, ND?
Williston 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. That's brighter than 37.7% 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.
Where to go for a darker sky near Williston
The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Spearfish, SD, roughly 256 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.
Spearfish, SD is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Williston against the rest of the dataset
About 28,821 people live in Williston, ND, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Williston comes in at 1,201, darkest to brightest.