Glassboro, NJ's night sky, measured from orbit

Glassboro reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Glassboro's sky is brighter than 82.2% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

Note the source: a satellite reading of upward light, not a visual Bortle scale reading. The two measure related but different things.

How far Glassboro is from a meaningfully darker sky

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

Pine Hill, 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 Glassboro compares nationally

Glassboro, NJ counts roughly 24,322 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Glassboro places 2,621 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.