El Campo, TX's night sky, measured from orbit

El Campo reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 72.5% 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 El Campo

Fulshear, TX, about 41 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than El Campo. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Fulshear, 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 El Campo compares nationally

El Campo, TX counts roughly 12,176 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. El Campo places 2,312 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.