Burlington, NJ's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Burlington in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Burlington's sky is brighter than 70.8% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

The nearest darker sky to Burlington

Pine Hill, NJ, about 21 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Burlington. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Pine Hill, 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 Burlington compares nationally

About 10,143 people live in Burlington, NJ, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Burlington places 2,259 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.