Bound Brook, NJ: how dark is the sky here?

Bound Brook's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 58.3% of the 3,206 US 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Bound Brook

11 miles from Bound Brook, straight-line, sits New Providence, NJ, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Bound Brook's own suburban band.

New Providence, 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 Bound Brook compares nationally

About 12,643 people live in Bound Brook, NJ, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Bound Brook places 1,858 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.