These light pollution maps show several star parties. Oregon Star Party's location is approximately 20 miles into the "black" (darkest) and may be the most pristine skies. GSSP and Texas Star Party are both on the gray/black border and probably share similarly dark skies.

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Mt. Bachelor
Oregon
RTMC
Shingletown
Table Mountain
Texas

Golden State Star Party
gray/black borderline, 4,400 ft. elevation.

Table Mountain Star Party
blue/green border, 6,357 ft elevation.
City
Distance
Population
Direction
City
Distance
Population
Direction
Alturas
45 miles
2,900
E
Wenatchee
16 miles
35,500
NE
Susanville
54 miles
13,000
S
Ellensburg
18 miles
15,500
S
Klamath Falls
86 miles
20,000
N
Yakima
45 miles
230,000
S
Redding
87 miles
105,000
W
Seattle
85 miles
3,200,000
W
Reno
125 miles
214,000
S
        

These light pollution maps are 173mi east to west, by 230mi north-to-south.
Town and cities included on this page have a minimum population of 1,000.
Major population centers within 150 miles are included.