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- Best use
- Moonset windows, route checks, and local light conditions
- Planning signal
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- Route context
- 3 Stella stays within 350 km
About this place
- Overview
- Pacific Northwest metro; frequent cloud cover; eastern WA dark skies
- Region
- WA, United States
- Nearest city
- ~0 km of light pollution
Designation & sky
- Type
- Dark-Sky Park
- Designation
- City
- Sky quality
- Bortle 8 · City sky
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