Highland Village, TX: how dark is the sky here?

Satellite radiance puts Highland Village in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. That's brighter than 22% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

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.

How far Highland Village is from a meaningfully darker sky

11 miles from Highland Village, straight-line, sits Northlake, TX, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Highland Village's own suburban edge band.

Northlake, 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 Highland Village compares nationally

Highland Village, TX counts roughly 16,137 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Highland Village places 703 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.