What the night sky looks like over Maple Valley, WA

Satellite radiance puts Maple Valley in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Maple Valley's sky is brighter than 17.6% of the 3,206 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Maple Valley

Bonney Lake, WA, about 13 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Maple Valley. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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.

Maple Valley against the rest of the dataset

About 28,553 people live in Maple Valley, WA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Maple Valley ranks 561 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.