How dark is the sky in Guttenberg, NJ?

Satellite radiance puts Guttenberg in the urban band. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. That's brighter than 98.1% of the 3,206 US 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.

The nearest darker sky to Guttenberg

3 miles from Guttenberg, straight-line, sits Edgewater, NJ, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Guttenberg's own urban band.

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

Guttenberg against the rest of the dataset

Guttenberg, NJ has a population of about 11,945, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Guttenberg ranks 3,127 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.