Dover, NJ: how dark is the sky here?

Dover 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 76.2% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Dover.

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.

The nearest darker sky to Dover

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Hopatcong, NJ, roughly 7 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

Hopatcong, 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 Dover compares nationally

Dover, NJ counts roughly 18,909 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Dover places 2,428 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.