How dark is the sky in Ridgefield, NJ?

Satellite radiance puts Ridgefield in the urban band. Sky glow overhead most nights. Typically only planets, the Moon, and a handful of the brightest stars are visible. That's brighter than 91.3% 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.

The nearest darker sky to Ridgefield

1 miles from Ridgefield, straight-line, sits Little Ferry, NJ, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Ridgefield's own urban band.

Little Ferry, NJ is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.

Ridgefield against the rest of the dataset

Ridgefield, NJ counts roughly 11,666 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Ridgefield ranks 2,911 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.