Mansfield, TX Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Mansfield, TX?
Mansfield 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. Only 92.5% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Mansfield.
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, covered fully in the Bortle scale guide.
The nearest darker sky to Mansfield
The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Kennedale, TX, roughly 8 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban. Road distance will be more.
Kennedale, TX is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Mansfield against the rest of the dataset
Mansfield, TX counts roughly 80,803 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Mansfield comes in at 2,950, darkest to brightest.