South Daytona, FL's night sky, measured from orbit

South Daytona's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. South Daytona's sky is brighter than 42.6% 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 South Daytona

10 miles from South Daytona, straight-line, sits New Smyrna Beach, FL, the nearest city here with a darker sky than South Daytona's own suburban edge band.

New Smyrna 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 South Daytona compares nationally

South Daytona, FL has a population of about 13,906, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. South Daytona places 1,358 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.