Port Lavaca, TX's night sky, measured from orbit

Port Lavaca's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 69.5% of the 3,206 US 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 Port Lavaca

47 miles from Port Lavaca, straight-line, sits Rockport, TX, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Port Lavaca's own suburban band.

Rockport, 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 Port Lavaca compares nationally

Port Lavaca, TX has a population of about 11,299, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Port Lavaca places 2,216 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.