Battle Ground, WA: how dark is the sky here?

Battle Ground reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 54.6% 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 Battle Ground

Ridgefield, WA, about 7 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Battle Ground. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Battle Ground compares nationally

About 22,959 people live in Battle Ground, WA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Battle Ground places 1,743 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.