What the night sky looks like over Hammonton, NJ

Hammonton reads as rural on this dataset's scale. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. Hammonton's sky is brighter than 3.2% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Hammonton

103 miles from Hammonton, straight-line, sits Ringwood, NJ, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Hammonton's own rural band.

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

Hammonton against the rest of the dataset

Hammonton, NJ has a population of about 15,036, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Hammonton ranks 104 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.