DarkSkyCheck

Andrews, TX: how dark is the sky here?

Andrews reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 74.1% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Andrews.

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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Andrews

33 miles from Andrews, straight-line, sits Midland, TX, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Andrews's own suburban band.

Midland, 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 Andrews compares nationally

Andrews, TX has a population of about 13,677, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Andrews places 2,361 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.