Minden, LA Night Sky Brightness
Minden, LA's night sky, measured from orbit
Satellite radiance puts Minden in the suburban edge band. A noticeable glow near the horizon. Brighter stars and constellations are easy to pick out; the Milky Way is washed out. Minden's sky is brighter than 25.5% 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.
The nearest darker sky to Minden
The closest place in this dataset with a meaningfully darker sky is Natchitoches, LA, roughly 62 miles away in a straight line, rated rural. Road distance will be more.
Natchitoches, 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 Minden compares nationally
Minden, LA counts roughly 11,195 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Minden's position, 815 of 3,206, darkest to brightest, comes from the sampling method the methodology guide sets out.