Ardmore, OK: how dark is the sky here?

Ardmore's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Ardmore's sky is brighter than 61.2% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

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 Ardmore is from a meaningfully darker sky

47 miles from Ardmore, straight-line, sits Ada, OK, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Ardmore's own suburban band.

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

How Ardmore compares nationally

About 25,064 people live in Ardmore, OK, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Ardmore places 1,951 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.