Panama City Beach, FL's night sky, measured from orbit

Panama City Beach's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Panama City Beach's sky is brighter than 47% 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Panama City Beach

14 miles from Panama City Beach, straight-line, sits Lynn Haven, FL, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Panama City Beach's own suburban band.

Lynn Haven, 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 Panama City Beach compares nationally

About 19,955 people live in Panama City Beach, FL, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Panama City Beach places 1,498 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.