How dark is the sky in Cedar Hill, TX?

Cedar Hill's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 39.3% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Cedar Hill.

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.

The nearest darker sky to Cedar Hill

11 miles from Cedar Hill, straight-line, sits Red Oak, TX, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Cedar Hill's own suburban edge band.

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

Cedar Hill against the rest of the dataset

Cedar Hill, TX has a population of about 49,618, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Cedar Hill ranks 1,252 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.