What the night sky looks like over Wood-Ridge, NJ

Wood-Ridge's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. Only 73.4% of the 3,206 cities measured here read darker than Wood-Ridge.

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.

How far Wood-Ridge is from a meaningfully darker sky

River Edge, NJ, about 6 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Wood-Ridge. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Wood-Ridge against the rest of the dataset

Wood-Ridge, NJ has a population of about 10,397, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Among all 3,206 cities here, Wood-Ridge ranks 2,339 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.