What the night sky looks like over Covington, WA

Covington reads as suburban edge on this dataset's scale. 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 25.3% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

The number comes from orbit, not a stargazer's logbook, so treat it as an estimate of sky glow rather than a certified Bortle class.

How far Covington is from a meaningfully darker sky

12 miles from Covington, straight-line, sits Bonney Lake, WA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Covington's own suburban edge band.

Bonney Lake, WA is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.

Covington against the rest of the dataset

Covington, WA counts roughly 21,567 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Covington ranks 806 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.