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.

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 places 2,150 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.