Clearwater, FL's night sky, measured from orbit

Clearwater 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. Clearwater's sky is brighter than 36.7% 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Clearwater

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Dunedin, FL, roughly 4 miles away in a straight line, rated dark sky. Road distance will be more.

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

How Clearwater compares nationally

About 116,811 people live in Clearwater, FL, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Clearwater places 1,173 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.