Oldsmar, FL's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Oldsmar 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. Oldsmar's sky is brighter than 35% of the 3,206 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.

How far Oldsmar is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Dunedin, FL, roughly 8 miles away in a straight line, rated dark sky. Road distance will be more.

Dunedin, 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 Oldsmar compares nationally

Oldsmar, FL has a population of about 14,831, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Oldsmar places 1,118 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.