How dark is the sky in Shawnee, OK?

Shawnee reads as rural on this dataset's scale. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. Shawnee's sky is brighter than 5.4% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Shawnee

Godfrey, IL, about 446 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the dark sky band, one step darker than Shawnee. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Shawnee against the rest of the dataset

Shawnee, OK counts roughly 32,092 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Shawnee ranks 172 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.