Snohomish, WA: how dark is the sky here?

Snohomish'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 32% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Snohomish.

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.

How far Snohomish is from a meaningfully darker sky

15 miles from Snohomish, straight-line, sits Lake Forest Park, WA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Snohomish's own suburban edge band.

Lake Forest Park, 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 Snohomish compares nationally

About 10,534 people live in Snohomish, WA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Snohomish places 1,020 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.