Summit, NJ Night Sky Brightness
What the night sky looks like over Summit, NJ
Satellite radiance puts Summit in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 57.8% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.
The number comes from orbit, not a stargazer's logbook, so treat it as an estimate of sky glow rather than a certified Bortle class - the Bortle scale guide covers why.
Where to go for a darker sky near Summit
2 miles from Summit, straight-line, sits New Providence, NJ, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Summit's own suburban band.
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.
Summit against the rest of the dataset
Summit, NJ has a population of about 23,102, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Summit ranks 1,843 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured, by the sampling the methodology guide documents.