Edgewater, NJ Night Sky Brightness
Edgewater, NJ's night sky, measured from orbit
Edgewater 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 84.6% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Edgewater.
Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
The nearest darker sky to Edgewater
The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Tenafly, NJ, roughly 7 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.
Tenafly, 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 Edgewater compares nationally
About 15,116 people live in Edgewater, NJ, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Edgewater's position, 2,698 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.