Burlington, WA's night sky, measured from orbit

Burlington reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Burlington's sky is brighter than 71.8% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

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

How far Burlington is from a meaningfully darker sky

Mount Vernon, WA, about 3 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Burlington. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Mount Vernon, 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 Burlington compares nationally

Burlington, WA counts roughly 10,945 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Burlington places 2,289 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.