Edmonds, WA's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Edmonds in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Edmonds's sky is brighter than 14.8% of the 3,206 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.

How far Edmonds is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Lake Forest Park, WA, roughly 5 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

How Edmonds compares nationally

Edmonds, WA counts roughly 42,871 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Edmonds places 472 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.