New Providence, NJ: how dark is the sky here?

New Providence reads as suburban edge on this dataset's scale. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. New Providence's sky is brighter than 40.3% of the 3,206 cities in this dataset.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

The nearest darker sky to New Providence

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Kinnelon, NJ, roughly 20 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

Kinnelon, 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 Providence compares nationally

New Providence, NJ has a population of about 13,957, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. New Providence places 1,285 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.