Port Arthur, TX: how dark is the sky here?

Satellite radiance puts Port Arthur in the rural band. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. Port Arthur's sky is brighter than 7.2% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

Where to go for a darker sky near Port Arthur

351 miles from Port Arthur, straight-line, sits Saraland, AL, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Port Arthur's own rural band.

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

How Port Arthur compares nationally

Port Arthur, TX counts roughly 55,799 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Port Arthur places 231 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.