What the night sky looks like over Molalla, OR

Satellite radiance puts Molalla 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. Molalla's sky is brighter than 42.6% 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.

How far Molalla is from a meaningfully darker sky

19 miles from Molalla, straight-line, sits Lake Oswego, OR, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Molalla's own suburban edge band.

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

Molalla against the rest of the dataset

Molalla, OR has a population of about 10,134, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Molalla ranks 1,359 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.