What the night sky looks like over Davenport, FL

Davenport 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. That's brighter than 25.5% of the 3,206 US 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.

The nearest darker sky to Davenport

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Auburndale, FL, roughly 12 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

Davenport against the rest of the dataset

About 16,764 people live in Davenport, FL, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Davenport ranks 814 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.