DarkSkyCheck

Muskogee, OK's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Muskogee in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 54.1% of the 3,206 US 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Muskogee

Coweta, OK, about 23 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Muskogee. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Muskogee compares nationally

About 36,849 people live in Muskogee, OK, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Muskogee places 1,726 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.