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.

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 places 479 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.