How dark is the sky in Fair Lawn, NJ?

Fair Lawn reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Fair Lawn's sky is brighter than 65.5% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute.

How far Fair Lawn is from a meaningfully darker sky

Glen Rock, NJ, about 2 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Fair Lawn. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Glen Rock, NJ is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.

Fair Lawn against the rest of the dataset

About 36,489 people live in Fair Lawn, NJ, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Fair Lawn ranks 2,087 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.