What the night sky looks like over Mountlake Terrace, WA

Mountlake Terrace's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. That's brighter than 27.7% 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Mountlake Terrace

2 miles from Mountlake Terrace, straight-line, sits Lake Forest Park, WA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Mountlake Terrace's own suburban edge band.

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

Mountlake Terrace against the rest of the dataset

About 25,198 people live in Mountlake Terrace, WA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Mountlake Terrace ranks 883 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.