How dark is the sky in Little Elm, TX?

Satellite radiance puts Little Elm 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 31.2% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Little Elm.

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 Little Elm

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Sanger, TX, roughly 19 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

Little Elm against the rest of the dataset

Little Elm, TX has a population of about 61,219, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Little Elm ranks 995 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.