Baker City, OR: how dark is the sky here?

Baker City'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 54% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

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 Baker City

79 miles from Baker City, straight-line, sits Pendleton, OR, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Baker City's own suburban band.

Pendleton, 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 Baker City compares nationally

About 10,135 people live in Baker City, OR, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Baker City places 1,722 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.