Homestead, FL's night sky, measured from orbit

Homestead's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 77.4% of the 3,206 US 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 Homestead

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Miami Beach, FL, roughly 30 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

Miami 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 Homestead compares nationally

Homestead, FL counts roughly 85,796 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Homestead places 2,469 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.