Fredericksburg, TX's night sky, measured from orbit

Fredericksburg reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 62.8% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Fredericksburg.

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 Fredericksburg

Kerrville, TX, about 22 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Fredericksburg. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Kerrville, 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 Fredericksburg compares nationally

Fredericksburg, TX has a population of about 11,766, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Fredericksburg places 2,001 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.