Baker, LA's night sky, measured from orbit

Baker reads as suburban edge on this dataset's scale. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Baker's sky is brighter than 36.9% 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 Baker is from a meaningfully darker sky

The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is New Orleans, LA, roughly 82 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.

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

How Baker compares nationally

Baker, LA has a population of about 12,147, one of 3,206 US cities of 10,000 or more residents in this dataset. Baker places 1,176 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.