Albany, OR's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Albany in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 59.4% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Albany.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

Where to go for a darker sky near Albany

Independence, OR, about 17 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Albany. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Albany compares nationally

Albany, OR counts roughly 57,156 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Albany places 1,894 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.