Rockledge, FL's night sky, measured from orbit

Rockledge reads as suburban edge on this dataset's scale. 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 34.7% of the 3,206 US 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 Rockledge is from a meaningfully darker sky

7 miles from Rockledge, straight-line, sits Cocoa Beach, FL, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Rockledge's own suburban edge band.

Cocoa Beach, 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 Rockledge compares nationally

Rockledge, FL counts roughly 31,429 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Rockledge places 1,106 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.