El Dorado, AR's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts El Dorado in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. El Dorado's sky is brighter than 84.1% 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near El Dorado

Camden, AR, about 26 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than El Dorado. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Camden, AR 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 Dorado compares nationally

El Dorado, AR counts roughly 16,657 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. El Dorado places 2,681 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.