Maywood, NJ Night Sky Brightness
Maywood, NJ's night sky, measured from orbit
Maywood reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 76.2% of the 3,206 US 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.
Where to go for a darker sky near Maywood
River Edge, NJ, about 2 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Maywood. 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 Maywood compares nationally
About 10,221 people live in Maywood, NJ, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Maywood's position, 2,430 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.