Palmetto, FL's night sky, measured from orbit

Palmetto's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Palmetto's sky is brighter than 82.3% 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 Palmetto is from a meaningfully darker sky

30 miles from Palmetto, straight-line, sits Venice, FL, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Palmetto's own suburban band.

Venice, 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 Palmetto compares nationally

About 13,682 people live in Palmetto, FL, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Palmetto places 2,624 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.