Raytown, MO Night Sky Brightness
Raytown, MO's night sky, measured from orbit
Satellite radiance puts Raytown in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Raytown's sky is brighter than 44.1% 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, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
Where to go for a darker sky near Raytown
Lee's Summit, MO, about 6 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Raytown. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.
Lee's Summit, 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 Raytown compares nationally
Raytown, MO has a population of about 29,244, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Raytown's position, 1,407 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.