Del Rio, TX: how dark is the sky here?

Del Rio'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. Del Rio's sky is brighter than 39.2% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

Where to go for a darker sky near Del Rio

Helotes, TX, about 133 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Del Rio. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Helotes, 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 Del Rio compares nationally

Del Rio, TX has a population of about 34,678, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Del Rio places 1,249 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.