Roselle, NJ: how dark is the sky here?

Roselle's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 79.9% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Roselle.

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 Roselle

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is New Providence, NJ, roughly 8 miles away in a straight line, rated suburban edge. Road distance will be more.

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 Roselle compares nationally

Roselle, NJ has a population of about 23,064, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Roselle places 2,548 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.