How dark is the sky in Greenville, TX?

Greenville 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. Only 89.2% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Greenville.

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 Greenville is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Royse City, TX, roughly 15 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

Greenville against the rest of the dataset

Greenville, TX has a population of about 34,355, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Greenville ranks 2,845 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.