Newcastle, WA: how dark is the sky here?

Newcastle 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. Newcastle's sky is brighter than 26.7% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

The nearest darker sky to Newcastle

4 miles from Newcastle, straight-line, sits Mercer Island, WA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Newcastle's own suburban edge band.

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

How Newcastle compares nationally

Newcastle, WA counts roughly 13,072 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Newcastle places 854 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.