Cheney, WA Night Sky Brightness
Cheney, WA's night sky, measured from orbit
Cheney'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 44.9% 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 Cheney
Post Falls, ID, about 34 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Cheney. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.
Post Falls, ID is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
How Cheney compares nationally
About 12,700 people live in Cheney, WA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Cheney's position, 1,433 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.