College Station, TX's night sky, measured from orbit

College Station's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 56.6% 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near College Station

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Katy, TX, roughly 61 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

Katy, 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 College Station compares nationally

College Station, TX counts roughly 128,023 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. College Station places 1,806 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.