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.

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 places 2,698 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.