Nederland, TX Night Sky Brightness
What the night sky looks like over Nederland, TX
Nederland reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Nederland's sky is brighter than 77% of the 3,206 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 Bortle scale guide covers why.
The nearest darker sky to Nederland
The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Port Arthur, TX, roughly 8 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.
Port Arthur, TX is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Nederland against the rest of the dataset
Nederland, TX has a population of about 18,168, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Nederland ranks 2,457 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured, by the sampling the methodology guide documents.