Harker Heights, TX's night sky, measured from orbit

Harker Heights's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Harker Heights's sky is brighter than 34.6% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

The nearest darker sky to Harker Heights

41 miles from Harker Heights, straight-line, sits Robinson, TX, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Harker Heights's own suburban edge band.

Robinson, 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 Harker Heights compares nationally

Harker Heights, TX has a population of about 35,263, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Harker Heights places 1,104 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.