DarkSkyCheck

Corinth, TX Night Sky Brightness

How dark is the sky in Corinth, TX?

Suburban edge
12.3 nW/cm2/sr

Satellite radiance puts Corinth in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Corinth's sky is brighter than 22% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

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 Corinth

12 miles from Corinth, straight-line, sits Northlake, TX, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Corinth's own suburban edge band.

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

Corinth against the rest of the dataset

Corinth, TX has a population of about 24,450, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Corinth comes in at 701, darkest to brightest.