West Linn, OR: how dark is the sky here?

Satellite radiance puts West Linn in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 15.7% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than West Linn.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

How far West Linn is from a meaningfully darker sky

4 miles from West Linn, straight-line, sits Lake Oswego, OR, the nearest city here with a darker sky than West Linn's own suburban edge band.

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

How West Linn compares nationally

West Linn, OR counts roughly 26,597 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. West Linn places 502 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.