Pittsburg, KS's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Pittsburg in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Pittsburg's sky is brighter than 66.1% 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Pittsburg

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Carthage, MO, roughly 28 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

How Pittsburg compares nationally

About 20,547 people live in Pittsburg, KS, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Pittsburg places 2,111 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.