Melissa, TX: how dark is the sky here?

Satellite radiance puts Melissa in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 57.8% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

Where to go for a darker sky near Melissa

4 miles from Melissa, straight-line, sits Anna, TX, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Melissa's own suburban band.

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

How Melissa compares nationally

Melissa, TX counts roughly 26,194 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Melissa places 1,842 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.