What the night sky looks like over Town and Country, MO

Town and Country reads as suburban edge on this dataset's scale. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Town and Country's sky is brighter than 22.1% 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.

How far Town and Country is from a meaningfully darker sky

Maryland Heights, MO, about 6 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Town and Country. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Town and Country against the rest of the dataset

About 11,625 people live in Town and Country, MO, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Town and Country ranks 706 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.