Snoqualmie, WA's night sky, measured from orbit

Snoqualmie's sky measures rural here. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. Snoqualmie's sky is brighter than 7% 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.

How far Snoqualmie is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Bremerton, WA, roughly 40 miles away in a straight line, rated dark sky. Road distance will be more.

Bremerton, 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 Snoqualmie compares nationally

About 13,748 people live in Snoqualmie, WA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Snoqualmie places 224 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.