How dark is the sky in Asbury Park, NJ?

Asbury Park reads as urban on this dataset's scale. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. That's brighter than 93.9% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute.

The nearest darker sky to Asbury Park

5 miles from Asbury Park, straight-line, sits Long Branch, NJ, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Asbury Park's own urban band.

Long Branch, NJ is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.

Asbury Park against the rest of the dataset

Asbury Park, NJ counts roughly 15,473 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Asbury Park ranks 2,994 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.