North Richland Hills, TX: how dark is the sky here?

Satellite radiance puts North Richland Hills in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 62.1% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than North Richland Hills.

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.

How far North Richland Hills is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Flower Mound, TX, roughly 14 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

Flower Mound, 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 North Richland Hills compares nationally

North Richland Hills, TX counts roughly 71,436 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. North Richland Hills places 1,980 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.