New Milford, NJ's night sky, measured from orbit

New Milford reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 47.8% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than New Milford.

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

Where to go for a darker sky near New Milford

1 miles from New Milford, straight-line, sits River Edge, NJ, the nearest city here with a darker sky than New Milford's own suburban band.

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 New Milford compares nationally

New Milford, NJ counts roughly 17,229 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. New Milford places 1,524 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.