Miami Shores, FL's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Miami Shores in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 72.4% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Miami Shores.

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 Miami Shores

Miami Beach, FL, about 4 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Miami Shores. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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 Miami Shores compares nationally

About 11,917 people live in Miami Shores, FL, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Miami Shores places 2,309 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.