Redmond, OR: how dark is the sky here?

Redmond reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 48.9% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Redmond.

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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Redmond

16 miles from Redmond, straight-line, sits Prineville, OR, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Redmond's own suburban band.

Prineville, 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 Redmond compares nationally

Redmond, OR counts roughly 37,626 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Redmond places 1,561 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.