How dark is the sky in Grand Prairie, TX?

Grand Prairie reads as urban on this dataset's scale. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. Grand Prairie's sky is brighter than 97% of the 3,206 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Grand Prairie

Duncanville, TX, about 7 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban band, one step darker than Grand Prairie. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Grand Prairie against the rest of the dataset

About 207,331 people live in Grand Prairie, TX, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Grand Prairie ranks 3,093 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.