Durant, OK Night Sky Brightness
Durant, OK's night sky, measured from orbit
Durant'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 67.4% 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, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
Where to go for a darker sky near Durant
29 miles from Durant, straight-line, sits Sherman, TX, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Durant's own suburban band.
Sherman, 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 Durant compares nationally
Durant, OK has a population of about 20,908, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Durant's position, 2,150 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.