Palatka, FL: how dark is the sky here?

Palatka reads as urban on this dataset's scale. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. Only 85.8% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Palatka.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

How far Palatka is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Green Cove Springs, FL, roughly 23 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

Green Cove Springs, 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 Palatka compares nationally

Palatka, FL counts roughly 10,867 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Palatka places 2,737 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.