Dripping Springs, TX: how dark is the sky here?

Dripping Springs's sky measures rural here. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. That's brighter than 10.5% of the 3,206 US 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.

How far Dripping Springs is from a meaningfully darker sky

Saraland, AL, about 596 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the dark sky band, one step darker than Dripping Springs. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Dripping Springs compares nationally

About 10,165 people live in Dripping Springs, TX, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Dripping Springs places 338 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.