Plano, TX's night sky, measured from orbit

Plano's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 56.5% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Plano.

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

How far Plano is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is The Colony, TX, roughly 9 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

The Colony, 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 Plano compares nationally

Plano, TX counts roughly 293,286 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Plano places 1,803 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.