How dark is the sky in Avon Park, FL?

Avon Park reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Avon Park's sky is brighter than 69% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

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 Avon Park is from a meaningfully darker sky

Sebring, FL, about 9 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Avon Park. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Avon Park against the rest of the dataset

Avon Park, FL has a population of about 10,415, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Avon Park ranks 2,201 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.