Point Pleasant, NJ Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Point Pleasant, NJ?
Point Pleasant's sky measures suburban edge here. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. That's brighter than 39.9% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.
Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute, covered fully in the Bortle scale guide.
How far Point Pleasant is from a meaningfully darker sky
Tinton Falls, NJ, about 13 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Point Pleasant. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.
Tinton Falls, NJ is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Point Pleasant against the rest of the dataset
Point Pleasant, NJ counts roughly 19,565 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Point Pleasant comes in at 1,275, darkest to brightest.