What the night sky looks like over Port Angeles, WA

Port Angeles 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. That's brighter than 15.2% 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 Port Angeles

Port Townsend, WA, about 30 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the dark sky band, one step darker than Port Angeles. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Port Angeles against the rest of the dataset

About 20,112 people live in Port Angeles, WA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Port Angeles ranks 484 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.