Bothell, WA: how dark is the sky here?

Bothell'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. Bothell's sky is brighter than 21.6% of the 3,206 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.

The nearest darker sky to Bothell

4 miles from Bothell, straight-line, sits Lake Forest Park, WA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Bothell's own suburban edge band.

Lake Forest Park, 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 Bothell compares nationally

About 51,770 people live in Bothell, WA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Bothell places 688 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.