What the night sky looks like over Lawrence, KS

Lawrence reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 45.4% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Lawrence.

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.

How far Lawrence is from a meaningfully darker sky

21 miles from Lawrence, straight-line, sits Gardner, KS, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Lawrence's own suburban band.

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

Lawrence against the rest of the dataset

Lawrence, KS counts roughly 97,271 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Lawrence ranks 1,447 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.