What the night sky looks like over Olathe, KS

Olathe reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 79.7% of the 3,206 US 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.

How far Olathe is from a meaningfully darker sky

Lenexa, KS, about 6 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Olathe. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Olathe against the rest of the dataset

Olathe, KS counts roughly 149,035 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Olathe ranks 2,540 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.