Chatham, NJ's night sky, measured from orbit

Chatham reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 50.1% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Chatham.

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

Where to go for a darker sky near Chatham

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Florham Park, NJ, roughly 2 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

Florham Park, 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 Chatham compares nationally

Chatham, NJ counts roughly 10,062 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Chatham places 1,599 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.