What the night sky looks like over Snyder, TX

Satellite radiance puts Snyder in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 56.1% 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Snyder

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Sweetwater, TX, roughly 34 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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

Snyder against the rest of the dataset

About 11,151 people live in Snyder, TX, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Snyder ranks 1,788 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.