Ocoee, FL Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Ocoee, FL?
Ocoee's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. That's brighter than 24.9% 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, covered fully in the Bortle scale guide.
How far Ocoee is from a meaningfully darker sky
Minneola, FL, about 12 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Ocoee. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.
Minneola, FL is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Ocoee against the rest of the dataset
Ocoee, FL has a population of about 51,269, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Ocoee comes in at 797, darkest to brightest.