Linden, NJ Night Sky Brightness
Linden, NJ's night sky, measured from orbit
Linden reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Linden's sky is brighter than 82.7% 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, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
How far Linden is from a meaningfully darker sky
10 miles from Linden, straight-line, sits New Providence, NJ, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Linden's own suburban band.
New Providence, 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 Linden compares nationally
About 45,393 people live in Linden, NJ, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Linden's position, 2,637 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.