How dark is the sky in Federal Way, WA?

Federal Way 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. Only 30.1% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Federal Way.

Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute.

How far Federal Way is from a meaningfully darker sky

11 miles from Federal Way, straight-line, sits Bonney Lake, WA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Federal Way'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.

Federal Way against the rest of the dataset

About 100,252 people live in Federal Way, WA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Federal Way ranks 959 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.