Corvallis, OR: how dark is the sky here?

Satellite radiance puts Corvallis in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 59.8% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

The nearest darker sky to Corvallis

20 miles from Corvallis, straight-line, sits Monmouth, OR, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Corvallis's own suburban band.

Monmouth, 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 Corvallis compares nationally

Corvallis, OR counts roughly 61,993 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Corvallis places 1,906 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.