How dark is the sky in La Marque, TX?

La Marque's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 43.2% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than La Marque.

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.

The nearest darker sky to La Marque

Texas City, TX, about 8 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than La Marque. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

La Marque against the rest of the dataset

La Marque, TX counts roughly 20,194 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, La Marque ranks 1,380 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.