Marshall, MO's night sky, measured from orbit

Marshall's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 39.1% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Marshall.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

How far Marshall is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Mexico, MO, roughly 71 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

How Marshall compares nationally

About 13,791 people live in Marshall, MO, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Marshall places 1,247 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.