What the night sky looks like over Lawton, OK

Lawton reads as urban on this dataset's scale. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. That's brighter than 89.3% of the 3,206 US 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.

How far Lawton is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Duncan, OK, roughly 28 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

Lawton against the rest of the dataset

Lawton, OK counts roughly 90,027 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Lawton ranks 2,848 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.