DarkSkyCheck

Temple Terrace, FL: how dark is the sky here?

Temple Terrace 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. Temple Terrace's sky is brighter than 25.6% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

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.

The nearest darker sky to Temple Terrace

26 miles from Temple Terrace, straight-line, sits Dunedin, FL, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Temple Terrace's own suburban edge band.

Dunedin, 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 Temple Terrace compares nationally

Temple Terrace, FL has a population of about 27,588, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Temple Terrace places 816 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.