Eagle Pass, TX's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Eagle Pass in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Eagle Pass's sky is brighter than 73.8% of the 3,206 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.

How far Eagle Pass is from a meaningfully darker sky

Del Rio, TX, about 52 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Eagle Pass. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Del Rio, 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 Eagle Pass compares nationally

Eagle Pass, TX counts roughly 28,768 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Eagle Pass places 2,353 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.