What the night sky looks like over Longview, TX

Satellite radiance puts Longview in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 51.2% 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.

The nearest darker sky to Longview

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Tyler, TX, roughly 35 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

Longview against the rest of the dataset

Longview, TX counts roughly 83,668 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Longview ranks 1,633 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.