Somerville, NJ's night sky, measured from orbit

Somerville reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Somerville's sky is brighter than 82.4% 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.

Where to go for a darker sky near Somerville

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is New Providence, NJ, roughly 14 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 Somerville compares nationally

Somerville, NJ counts roughly 14,428 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Somerville places 2,627 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.