What the night sky looks like over Winona, MN

Winona's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 45.6% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Winona.

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 Winona

Holmen, WI, about 21 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Winona. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Winona against the rest of the dataset

Winona, MN counts roughly 26,173 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Winona ranks 1,454 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.