Westwood, NJ's night sky, measured from orbit

Satellite radiance puts Westwood in the suburban band. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Westwood's sky is brighter than 46.7% 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.

How far Westwood is from a meaningfully darker sky

1 miles from Westwood, straight-line, sits Hillsdale, NJ, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Westwood's own suburban band.

Hillsdale, 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 Westwood compares nationally

About 11,434 people live in Westwood, NJ, sized enough to appear in this dataset of 3,206 incorporated US cities. Westwood places 1,491 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.