Baker, LA Night Sky Brightness
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, explained in the Bortle scale guide.
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's position, 1,176 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.