Kearny, NJ's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Kearny in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 54.9% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Kearny.

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

The nearest darker sky to Kearny

River Edge, NJ, about 13 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Kearny. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

River Edge, 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 Kearny compares nationally

About 40,866 people live in Kearny, NJ, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Kearny places 1,752 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.