DarkSkyCheck

Fernandina Beach, FL: how dark is the sky here?

Fernandina Beach'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. Only 30.2% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Fernandina Beach.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

Where to go for a darker sky near Fernandina Beach

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is St. Marys, GA, roughly 10 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

How Fernandina Beach compares nationally

Fernandina Beach, FL counts roughly 13,672 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Fernandina Beach places 963 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.