What the night sky looks like over Galena Park, TX

Galena Park's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 56.3% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Galena Park.

The number comes from orbit, not a stargazer's logbook, so treat it as an estimate of sky glow rather than a certified Bortle class.

Where to go for a darker sky near Galena Park

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Friendswood, TX, roughly 17 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

Galena Park against the rest of the dataset

Galena Park, TX has a population of about 10,438, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Galena Park ranks 1,797 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.