Ridgewood, NJ: how dark is the sky here?

Ridgewood reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Ridgewood's sky is brighter than 55.2% 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Ridgewood

2 miles from Ridgewood, straight-line, sits Glen Rock, NJ, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Ridgewood's own suburban band.

Glen Rock, 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 Ridgewood compares nationally

About 26,701 people live in Ridgewood, NJ, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Ridgewood places 1,759 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.