Waldwick, NJ's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Waldwick in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Waldwick's sky is brighter than 45.1% 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.

The nearest darker sky to Waldwick

3 miles from Waldwick, straight-line, sits Ramsey, NJ, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Waldwick's own suburban band.

Ramsey, 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 Waldwick compares nationally

About 10,308 people live in Waldwick, NJ, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Waldwick places 1,438 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.