Bellaire, TX's night sky, measured from orbit

Bellaire reads as urban on this dataset's scale. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. That's brighter than 92.1% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

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

How far Bellaire is from a meaningfully darker sky

2 miles from Bellaire, straight-line, sits West University Place, TX, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Bellaire's own urban band.

West University Place, 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 Bellaire compares nationally

Bellaire, TX counts roughly 17,439 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Bellaire places 2,937 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.