What the night sky looks like over Walla Walla, WA

Walla Walla's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Walla Walla's sky is brighter than 83.6% 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.

How far Walla Walla is from a meaningfully darker sky

36 miles from Walla Walla, straight-line, sits Pendleton, OR, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Walla Walla's own suburban band.

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

Walla Walla against the rest of the dataset

Walla Walla, WA has a population of about 33,901, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Walla Walla ranks 2,664 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.