What the night sky looks like over Jacksonville, TX

Jacksonville reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Jacksonville's sky is brighter than 85.1% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

The number comes from orbit, not a stargazer's logbook, so treat it as an estimate of sky glow rather than a certified Bortle class.

The nearest darker sky to Jacksonville

Tyler, TX, about 25 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Jacksonville. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Tyler, TX is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.

Jacksonville against the rest of the dataset

About 14,639 people live in Jacksonville, TX, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Jacksonville ranks 2,713 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.