What the night sky looks like over Freehold, NJ

Freehold 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 80.4% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Freehold.

The number comes from orbit, not a stargazer's logbook, so treat it as an estimate of sky glow rather than a certified Bortle class.

How far Freehold is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Tinton Falls, NJ, roughly 9 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

Freehold against the rest of the dataset

Freehold, NJ has a population of about 12,530, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Freehold ranks 2,563 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.