Redmond, WA Night Sky Brightness
What the night sky looks like over Redmond, WA
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. Redmond's sky is brighter than 65.8% of the 3,206 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 - the Bortle scale guide covers why.
Where to go for a darker sky near Redmond
Kirkland, WA, about 4 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Redmond. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.
Kirkland, WA is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Redmond against the rest of the dataset
About 82,195 people live in Redmond, WA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Redmond ranks 2,097 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured, by the sampling the methodology guide documents.