Kingsville, TX: how dark is the sky here?

Satellite radiance puts Kingsville in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 50.6% 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Kingsville

Portland, TX, about 42 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Kingsville. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Portland, 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 Kingsville compares nationally

Kingsville, TX has a population of about 24,884, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Kingsville places 1,615 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.