Hidalgo, TX: how dark is the sky here?

Satellite radiance puts Hidalgo in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 69.9% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Hidalgo.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

Where to go for a darker sky near Hidalgo

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Pharr, TX, roughly 5 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

Pharr, 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 Hidalgo compares nationally

About 15,164 people live in Hidalgo, TX, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Hidalgo places 2,229 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.