What the night sky looks like over Manvel, TX

Satellite radiance puts Manvel 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 16.9% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Manvel.

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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Manvel

29 miles from Manvel, straight-line, sits Texas City, TX, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Manvel's own suburban edge band.

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

Manvel against the rest of the dataset

Manvel, TX counts roughly 19,309 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Manvel ranks 540 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.