Forest Hill, TX Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Forest Hill, TX?
Satellite radiance puts Forest Hill in the urban band. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. That's brighter than 88% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.
Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute, covered fully in the Bortle scale guide.
Where to go for a darker sky near Forest Hill
Kennedale, TX, about 3 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban band, one step darker than Forest Hill. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.
Kennedale, TX is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Forest Hill against the rest of the dataset
About 14,314 people live in Forest Hill, TX, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Forest Hill comes in at 2,807, darkest to brightest.