How dark is the sky in Tenafly, NJ?

Satellite radiance puts Tenafly in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Only 29.5% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Tenafly.

Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute.

The nearest darker sky to Tenafly

Sleepy Hollow, NY, about 13 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the rural band, one step darker than Tenafly. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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.

Tenafly against the rest of the dataset

About 15,455 people live in Tenafly, NJ, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Tenafly ranks 941 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.