Northlake, TX Night Sky Brightness
Northlake, TX's night sky, measured from orbit
Northlake reads as rural on this dataset's scale. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. Northlake's sky is brighter than 4.2% 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, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
Where to go for a darker sky near Northlake
Saraland, AL, about 557 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the dark sky band, one step darker than Northlake. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.
Saraland, AL is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
How Northlake compares nationally
Northlake, TX counts roughly 10,746 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Northlake's position, 135 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.