DarkSkyCheck

Rowlett, TX Night Sky Brightness

How dark is the sky in Rowlett, TX?

Suburban edge
13.2 nW/cm2/sr

Rowlett's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 24.2% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Rowlett.

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, covered fully in the Bortle scale guide.

Where to go for a darker sky near Rowlett

31 miles from Rowlett, straight-line, sits Red Oak, TX, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Rowlett's own suburban edge band.

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

Rowlett against the rest of the dataset

Rowlett, TX counts roughly 68,123 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Rowlett comes in at 772, darkest to brightest.