How dark is the sky in Pineville, LA?

Satellite radiance puts Pineville in the rural band. Little local light dome. Most stars are visible; the Milky Way is faint but often findable away from town lights. That's brighter than 8.4% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute.

How far Pineville is from a meaningfully darker sky

Saraland, AL, about 257 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the dark sky band, one step darker than Pineville. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

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

Pineville against the rest of the dataset

Pineville, LA counts roughly 13,966 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Among all 3,206 cities here, Pineville ranks 268 from darkest to brightest, 1 being the darkest measured.