River Edge, NJ: how dark is the sky here?

River Edge reads as suburban edge on this dataset's scale. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 34% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than River Edge.

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 River Edge

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Sleepy Hollow, NY, roughly 15 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

How River Edge compares nationally

River Edge, NJ counts roughly 12,235 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. River Edge places 1,083 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.