Groveland, FL Night Sky Brightness
Groveland, FL's night sky, measured from orbit
Groveland'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 15% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Groveland.
Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
Where to go for a darker sky near Groveland
Minneola, FL, about 5 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Groveland. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.
Minneola, 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 Groveland compares nationally
Groveland, FL has a population of about 24,602, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Groveland's position, 479 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.