What the night sky looks like over Merriam, KS

Merriam's sky measures urban here. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. Only 92.9% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Merriam.

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 Merriam

2 miles from Merriam, straight-line, sits Mission, KS, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Merriam's own urban band.

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

Merriam against the rest of the dataset

About 11,560 people live in Merriam, KS, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Merriam ranks 2,963 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.