What the night sky looks like over Hereford, TX

Satellite radiance puts Hereford in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 79.2% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

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.

How far Hereford is from a meaningfully darker sky

Canyon, TX, about 30 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Hereford. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Hereford against the rest of the dataset

About 14,860 people live in Hereford, TX, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Hereford ranks 2,525 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.