What the night sky looks like over Texas City, TX

Texas City 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. Texas City's sky is brighter than 2.5% of the 3,206 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 Texas City

Saraland, AL, about 417 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the dark sky band, one step darker than Texas City. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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.

Texas City against the rest of the dataset

Texas City, TX counts roughly 57,875 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Texas City ranks 80 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.