What the night sky looks like over Richland, WA

Richland's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 28.3% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Richland.

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 Richland

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is West Richland, WA, roughly 5 miles away in a straight line, rated dark sky. Road distance will be more.

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

Richland against the rest of the dataset

Richland, WA has a population of about 64,372, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Richland ranks 904 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.