Hurst, TX Night Sky Brightness
Hurst, TX's night sky, measured from orbit
Satellite radiance puts Hurst in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Hurst's sky is brighter than 84.6% 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, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
The nearest darker sky to Hurst
14 miles from Hurst, straight-line, sits Flower Mound, TX, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Hurst's own suburban band.
Flower Mound, 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 Hurst compares nationally
Hurst, TX counts roughly 39,500 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Hurst's position, 2,697 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.