Jacksonville Beach, FL Night Sky Brightness
What the night sky looks like over Jacksonville Beach, FL
Jacksonville Beach'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 83.2% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.
The number comes from orbit, not a stargazer's logbook, so treat it as an estimate of sky glow rather than a certified Bortle class - the Bortle scale guide covers why.
Where to go for a darker sky near Jacksonville Beach
5 miles from Jacksonville Beach, straight-line, sits Atlantic Beach, FL, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Jacksonville Beach's own suburban band.
Atlantic 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.
Jacksonville Beach against the rest of the dataset
Jacksonville Beach, FL has a population of about 23,630, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Jacksonville Beach ranks 2,652 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured, by the sampling the methodology guide documents.