Washington, MO's night sky, measured from orbit

Washington'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 43.1% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Washington.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

Where to go for a darker sky near Washington

8 miles from Washington, straight-line, sits Union, MO, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Washington's own suburban edge band.

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

How Washington compares nationally

Washington, MO counts roughly 15,521 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Washington places 1,377 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.