Beachwood, NJ: how dark is the sky here?

Beachwood'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. Only 13.6% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Beachwood.

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 Beachwood is from a meaningfully darker sky

Tinton Falls, NJ, about 24 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Beachwood. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

How Beachwood compares nationally

Beachwood, NJ counts roughly 11,242 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Beachwood places 435 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.