How dark is the sky in Jacksonville, FL?

Jacksonville reads as urban on this dataset's scale. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. That's brighter than 97.5% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute.

Where to go for a darker sky near Jacksonville

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Atlantic Beach, FL, roughly 16 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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 against the rest of the dataset

About 1,009,833 people live in Jacksonville, FL, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Jacksonville ranks 3,108 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.