Estero, FL's night sky, measured from orbit

Estero's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Estero's sky is brighter than 30.7% 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.

The nearest darker sky to Estero

50 miles from Estero, straight-line, sits North Port, FL, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Estero's own suburban edge band.

North Port, 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 Estero compares nationally

Estero, FL counts roughly 38,443 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Estero places 981 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.