Medford, OR's night sky, measured from orbit

Medford 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 37.8% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Medford.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

How far Medford is from a meaningfully darker sky

120 miles from Medford, straight-line, sits Arcata, CA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Medford's own suburban edge band.

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

How Medford compares nationally

About 86,301 people live in Medford, OR, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Medford places 1,207 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.