How dark is the sky in Grandview, WA?

Grandview's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 21.2% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Grandview.

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 Grandview is from a meaningfully darker sky

West Richland, WA, about 25 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the dark sky band, one step darker than Grandview. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Grandview against the rest of the dataset

Grandview, WA has a population of about 11,599, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Grandview ranks 677 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.