What the night sky looks like over Olympia, WA

Satellite radiance puts Olympia in the urban band. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. That's brighter than 91.5% 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 Olympia

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Tumwater, WA, roughly 4 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban. Road distance will be more.

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

Olympia against the rest of the dataset

Olympia, WA counts roughly 56,271 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Olympia ranks 2,918 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.