Lancaster, TX Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Lancaster, TX?
Lancaster'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 36.5% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Lancaster.
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, covered fully in the Bortle scale guide.
Where to go for a darker sky near Lancaster
6 miles from Lancaster, straight-line, sits Red Oak, TX, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Lancaster's own suburban edge band.
Red Oak, TX is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Lancaster against the rest of the dataset
Lancaster, TX counts roughly 40,780 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Lancaster comes in at 1,167, darkest to brightest.