Rahway, NJ's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Rahway in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Rahway's sky is brighter than 78% of the 3,206 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.

The nearest darker sky to Rahway

New Providence, NJ, about 9 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Rahway. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

New Providence, 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 Rahway compares nationally

About 30,763 people live in Rahway, NJ, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Rahway places 2,488 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.