How dark is the sky in Georgetown, TX?

Satellite radiance puts Georgetown in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. That's brighter than 35% 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.

How far Georgetown is from a meaningfully darker sky

Lago Vista, TX, about 23 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Georgetown. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Georgetown against the rest of the dataset

Georgetown, TX counts roughly 101,344 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Georgetown ranks 1,116 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.