DarkSkyCheck

Woodbury, MN: how dark is the sky here?

Woodbury'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. Only 27.6% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Woodbury.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

Where to go for a darker sky near Woodbury

6 miles from Woodbury, straight-line, sits Lake Elmo, MN, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Woodbury's own suburban edge band.

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

How Woodbury compares nationally

About 80,596 people live in Woodbury, MN, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Woodbury places 880 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.