Mission, KS's night sky, measured from orbit

Mission's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Mission's sky is brighter than 77.7% 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 Mission is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Prairie Village, KS, roughly 3 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

How Mission compares nationally

Mission, KS has a population of about 10,013, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Mission places 2,477 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.