Sunnyside, WA's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Sunnyside in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 62.3% of the 3,206 US 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.

The nearest darker sky to Sunnyside

7 miles from Sunnyside, straight-line, sits Grandview, WA, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Sunnyside's own suburban band.

Grandview, 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 Sunnyside compares nationally

Sunnyside, WA counts roughly 16,317 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Sunnyside places 1,985 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.