Centralia, WA Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Centralia, WA?
Centralia'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. That's brighter than 32.8% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.
Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute, covered fully in the Bortle scale guide.
Where to go for a darker sky near Centralia
Yelm, WA, about 22 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the dark sky band, one step darker than Centralia. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.
Yelm, WA is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Centralia against the rest of the dataset
About 19,061 people live in Centralia, WA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Centralia comes in at 1,046, darkest to brightest.