Horizon City, TX Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Horizon City, TX?
Horizon City's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 82% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Horizon City.
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, covered fully in the Bortle scale guide.
Where to go for a darker sky near Horizon City
Socorro, TX, about 5 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Horizon City. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.
Socorro, TX is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Horizon City against the rest of the dataset
About 24,802 people live in Horizon City, TX, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Horizon City comes in at 2,615, darkest to brightest.