Overland Park, KS's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Overland Park in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 78.4% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Overland Park.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

The nearest darker sky to Overland Park

7 miles from Overland Park, straight-line, sits Prairie Village, KS, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Overland Park's own suburban band.

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

How Overland Park compares nationally

About 202,893 people live in Overland Park, KS, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Overland Park places 2,500 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.