What the night sky looks like over Spokane Valley, WA

Spokane Valley's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Spokane Valley's sky is brighter than 83.8% 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 nearest darker sky to Spokane Valley

Post Falls, ID, about 14 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Spokane Valley. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Spokane Valley against the rest of the dataset

About 108,267 people live in Spokane Valley, WA, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Spokane Valley ranks 2,671 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.