DarkSkyCheck

Winter Park, FL: how dark is the sky here?

Winter Park's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Winter Park's sky is brighter than 85.3% 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.

How far Winter Park is from a meaningfully darker sky

Casselberry, FL, about 5 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Winter Park. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Casselberry, 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 Winter Park compares nationally

About 30,835 people live in Winter Park, FL, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Winter Park places 2,719 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.