Festus, MO's night sky, measured from orbit

Festus's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Festus's sky is brighter than 37.5% 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 Festus

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Wildwood, MO, roughly 28 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

Wildwood, MO is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.

How Festus compares nationally

About 13,730 people live in Festus, MO, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Festus places 1,196 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.