Princeton, NJ: how dark is the sky here?

Satellite radiance puts Princeton in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 15.3% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Princeton.

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 Princeton

Tinton Falls, NJ, about 31 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Princeton. 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.

How Princeton compares nationally

About 31,445 people live in Princeton, NJ, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Princeton places 489 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.