Canby, OR Night Sky Brightness
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, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
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's position, 1,796 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.