Balch Springs, TX Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Balch Springs, TX?
Satellite radiance puts Balch Springs in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 57% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Balch Springs.
Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute, covered fully in the Bortle scale guide.
Where to go for a darker sky near Balch Springs
12 miles from Balch Springs, straight-line, sits Lancaster, TX, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Balch Springs's own suburban band.
Lancaster, TX is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Balch Springs against the rest of the dataset
About 27,307 people live in Balch Springs, TX, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Balch Springs comes in at 1,819, darkest to brightest.