What the night sky looks like over Tinton Falls, NJ

Tinton Falls's sky measures rural here. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. Tinton Falls's sky is brighter than 2.7% of the 3,206 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 nearest darker sky to Tinton Falls

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Ringwood, NJ, roughly 59 miles away in a straight line, rated dark sky. Road distance will be more.

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

Tinton Falls against the rest of the dataset

About 19,435 people live in Tinton Falls, NJ, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Among all 3,206 cities here, Tinton Falls ranks 87 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.