Orange, TX Night Sky Brightness
Orange, TX's night sky, measured from orbit
Satellite radiance puts Orange in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 76.7% 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, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
Where to go for a darker sky near Orange
The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Port Arthur, TX, roughly 18 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.
How Orange compares nationally
Orange, TX has a population of about 19,275, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Orange's position, 2,447 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.