North Palm Beach, FL's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts North Palm Beach in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 49.5% 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near North Palm Beach

Palm Beach Gardens, FL, about 7 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than North Palm Beach. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Palm Beach Gardens, 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 North Palm Beach compares nationally

About 13,423 people live in North Palm Beach, FL, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. North Palm Beach places 1,580 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.