What the night sky looks like over Raymore, MO

Satellite radiance puts Raymore in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. That's brighter than 41.3% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

The number comes from orbit, not a stargazer's logbook, so treat it as an estimate of sky glow rather than a certified Bortle class.

How far Raymore is from a meaningfully darker sky

22 miles from Raymore, straight-line, sits Lenexa, KS, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Raymore's own suburban edge band.

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

Raymore against the rest of the dataset

Raymore, MO counts roughly 25,962 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Raymore ranks 1,316 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.