Owasso, OK's night sky, measured from orbit

Owasso's sky measures urban here. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. Owasso's sky is brighter than 87.7% 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.

How far Owasso is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Claremore, OK, roughly 13 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban. Road distance will be more.

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

How Owasso compares nationally

Owasso, OK has a population of about 42,821, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Owasso places 2,796 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.