North Bend, OR's night sky, measured from orbit

North Bend 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 32.2% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than North Bend.

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

The nearest darker sky to North Bend

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Independence, OR, roughly 113 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

How North Bend compares nationally

North Bend, OR counts roughly 10,049 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. North Bend places 1,027 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.