Marshall, TX's night sky, measured from orbit

Marshall's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Marshall's sky is brighter than 46.3% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

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

Bossier City, LA, about 41 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Marshall. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Bossier City, LA 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

Marshall, TX counts roughly 24,263 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Marshall places 1,475 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.