DarkSkyCheck

What the night sky looks like over Keizer, OR

Keizer's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 60.1% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

The number comes from orbit, not a stargazer's logbook, so treat it as an estimate of sky glow rather than a certified Bortle class.

The nearest darker sky to Keizer

12 miles from Keizer, straight-line, sits Silverton, OR, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Keizer's own suburban band.

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

Keizer against the rest of the dataset

Keizer, OR counts roughly 39,152 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Keizer ranks 1,916 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.