What the night sky looks like over Maryland Heights, MO

Satellite radiance puts Maryland Heights in the rural band. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. That's brighter than 9.2% 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 Maryland Heights

Godfrey, IL, about 21 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the dark sky band, one step darker than Maryland Heights. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Maryland Heights against the rest of the dataset

About 27,671 people live in Maryland Heights, MO, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Maryland Heights ranks 296 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.