How dark is the sky in Alachua, FL?

Satellite radiance puts Alachua in the rural band. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. Only 11.4% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Alachua.

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.

How far Alachua is from a meaningfully darker sky

81 miles from Alachua, straight-line, sits Leesburg, FL, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Alachua's own rural band.

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

Alachua against the rest of the dataset

About 10,856 people live in Alachua, FL, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Alachua ranks 364 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.