Canby, OR's night sky, measured from orbit

Canby'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 56.3% of the 3,206 US 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Canby

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

Oregon City, 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 Canby compares nationally

Canby, OR has a population of about 18,027, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Canby places 1,796 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.