Enumclaw, WA's night sky, measured from orbit

Enumclaw's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 65.1% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Enumclaw.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

The nearest darker sky to Enumclaw

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Bonney Lake, WA, roughly 8 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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.

How Enumclaw compares nationally

Enumclaw, WA has a population of about 13,173, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Enumclaw places 2,076 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.