How dark is the sky in Red Oak, TX?

Red Oak's sky measures rural here. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. Only 6.6% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Red Oak.

Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute.

The nearest darker sky to Red Oak

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Saraland, AL, roughly 523 miles away in a straight line, rated dark sky. Road distance will be more.

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.

Red Oak against the rest of the dataset

Red Oak, TX has a population of about 19,365, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Red Oak ranks 210 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.