Troy, MO Night Sky Brightness
Troy, MO's night sky, measured from orbit
Satellite radiance puts Troy in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Troy's sky is brighter than 62.8% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.
Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
Where to go for a darker sky near Troy
The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is O'Fallon, MO, roughly 19 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.
O'Fallon, MO is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
How Troy compares nationally
Troy, MO counts roughly 14,963 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Troy's position, 2,004 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.