DarkSkyCheck

Holly Hill, FL Night Sky Brightness

Holly Hill, FL's night sky, measured from orbit

Suburban
23.2 nW/cm2/sr

Holly Hill reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 51.4% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Holly Hill.

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 Holly Hill

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Ormond Beach, FL, roughly 5 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

Ormond Beach, 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 Holly Hill compares nationally

About 13,183 people live in Holly Hill, FL, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Holly Hill's position, 1,641 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.