Renton, WA Night Sky Brightness
Renton, WA's night sky, measured from orbit
Renton reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Renton's sky is brighter than 63.8% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.
Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
Where to go for a darker sky near Renton
4 miles from Renton, straight-line, sits Newcastle, WA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Renton's own suburban band.
Newcastle, WA is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
How Renton compares nationally
Renton, WA has a population of about 105,543, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Renton's position, 2,034 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.