Huntsville, TX's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Huntsville in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Huntsville's sky is brighter than 78.5% 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Huntsville

Katy, TX, about 65 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Huntsville. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Katy, 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 Huntsville compares nationally

Huntsville, TX has a population of about 49,500, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Huntsville places 2,504 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.