What the night sky looks like over Niceville, FL

Satellite radiance puts Niceville in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 34.4% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Niceville.

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.

How far Niceville is from a meaningfully darker sky

16 miles from Niceville, straight-line, sits Crestview, FL, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Niceville's own suburban edge band.

Crestview, FL is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.

Niceville against the rest of the dataset

Niceville, FL counts roughly 17,919 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Niceville ranks 1,098 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.