Alice, TX's night sky, measured from orbit

Alice's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 76.3% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Alice.

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

How far Alice is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Portland, TX, roughly 46 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

How Alice compares nationally

Alice, TX counts roughly 17,595 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Alice places 2,434 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.