Hermiston, OR's night sky, measured from orbit

Hermiston reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Hermiston's sky is brighter than 57.6% 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Hermiston

Pendleton, OR, about 25 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Hermiston. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Hermiston compares nationally

About 19,746 people live in Hermiston, OR, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Hermiston places 1,836 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.