Lee's Summit, MO Night Sky Brightness
Lee's Summit, MO's night sky, measured from orbit
Satellite radiance puts Lee's Summit in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 39.7% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Lee's Summit.
Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
How far Lee's Summit is from a meaningfully darker sky
Lenexa, KS, about 23 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Lee's Summit. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.
Lenexa, KS is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
How Lee's Summit compares nationally
Lee's Summit, MO counts roughly 106,419 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Lee's Summit's position, 1,267 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.