Where will you be on Aug. 21, 2017 - U.S. Solar Eclipse

[packman]

At the site below, an interactive map (Click on your location) to find out how you'll experience this rare event


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https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/interactive_map/index.html

[cbreezen]

1. At my place in Hillsboro, Oregon...

sending out positive vibes for a clear day.

[msongs]

2. interactive map at link lets u choose your location and see % of sun blocked. cool tool

using science.

[csziggy]

3. My husband, some members of his family and I will be in North Carolina

At the John C. Campbell Folk School near Brasstown.

I'm spending the four days prior to the eclipse at a seminar in Asheville and we will drive down to Brasstown to meet with his family that morning. At the Folk School is a garden dedicated to my great aunt's friend, Dr. Gertrude Moulton. I haven't visited since we went to see the plaque my great aunt donated - at least fifty years ago.

Since Brasstown and the Folk School are in the totality, I figured that would be a great place to view the eclipse.

[alfie]

15. I live just across the state line in Georgia

I love the Folk School! I will probably stay home since we are so close to the total eclipse zone.

[xmas74]

4. I'm thinking of driving to Marshall, MO

It's about an hour from me and one of the best spots in the U.S.

[lunasun]

10. Any suggestions for around St. Louis? We are going to take Amtrak from Chicago

Stay in St. Louis , but drive "somewhere " in the path with a rental car
Haven't figured out where that will be .....

[csziggy]

20. Check this site - they drill down to individual towns

And give the time, duration and amount of totality: http://www.eclipse2017.org/2017/path_through_the_US.htm

Here is their page for Missouri: http://www.eclipse2017.org/2017/states/MO.htm

[lunasun]

21. Oh wow thank you so much . Got a reservation for the train and booked a room but

I do not know the area at all. Thanks again

[csziggy]

24. That site also has a really good deal on eclipse glasses

I bought three pair for the two of us and they arrived really fast.

The main site has lots of information and links to information - for instance articles about taking photos of an eclipse, tips for watching and more. I'm going to do as one of the articles about photography suggests and take pictures of the people watching and the area where we'll be watching. My husband and his brother will be taking eclipse photos so we'll have our own but I'd rather do more candid shots.

[lunasun]

27. I saw that . We need glasses . I am thinking of some kind of tripod set up for photos but

I really like your idea of taking pictures of the human event occurring around the eclipse. We bought our tickets last winter just to have a place in the path . But better get planning it will be here soon now and the site will help.

[ogsball]

31. Jefferson City, MO

I live in Jefferson City and you can take the train right here. They've opened up some of the parks for camping, too.

The town really seems to be ramping up!

[lunasun]

32. Hmmm l will look into that . We do have camping gear. And our tickets are flexible...thanks

[xmas74]

45. If you like to camp

There are state parks in central Missouri and West central Missouri available. I live a few miles from Knob Mister State Park but I might go to Lexington. The battlefield should have an excellent view and they will be around two minutes in totality.
I wonder if Lawson will be in totality? If so,take the train to KC,bring camping equipment and rent a car. Lawson has a state park with an 1800's wool mill, a farm, camping and swimming. The park is Watkins Woolen Mill. It's also near plenty of Jesse James sites so have fun.

(Looked it up-2 minutes, 37 seconds of totality.)

Nearby Excelsior Springs should also be in totality. Don't want to camp? The town was a mineral springs resort town and still has a beautiful resort hotel called The Elms.
If you decide to come to the KC area msg me and I'll give you some places.

[lunasun]

53. Thank you ! We are going to take time this weekend to decide what we will do for the eclipse

Enjoy the battlefield - excellent idea for a location

[alphafemale]

42. Thanks for that link. I already have a room booked in Nashville.

Booked for the two nights prior.

I figured there would be some parties and music in the weekend prior.

But I did need to start looking for glasses.

[tonyt53]

33. If you are taking Amtrak, why not take it on to Fulton, KY? It stops there.

Rent a car in Fulton and drive 50 miles northeast and you will be very near the spot with the longest duration.

[lunasun]

34. Thanks and I see it is a diverse area which is important to us . We really have to sit down

and think all this through and check availability in places. It won't be that long and August will be here soon!

[xmas74]

36. I don't know about there.

Central Missouri is supposed to be fantastic.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. Our daughter and her boyfriend, his parents and me and my husband...

will be in eastern Oregon!

I am very excited! I hope to get some decent photos.

[wiggs]

49. we 3 Californians will also be Oregon immigrants for that weekend! Mt Hood and Madras. nt

[citood]

6. I've bought my glasses ajd will he headed to NE corner of Kansas

[Docreed2003]

7. It's my son's birthday....

We live driving distance from the point of greatest eclipse, so we're thinking about making it a day trip

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

8. Kearney, NE, watching along with

some friends.

Make sure you stock up on viewing glasses well ahead of time.

Also, there are going to be massive road jams that day as people will be driving to get to a good viewing location if they are within a two or three hour drive of the path of totality. So if possible, get yourself situated well ahead of time.

There is probably not a hotel room available by now along that path. I got lucky with the Kearney location and booked back in January. By then most hotel rooms were gone, but people hadn't yet figured out Kearney was a good bet. In fact, the friends I'll be watching with live in Greeley, CO, and they'd first thought they'd just drive up into Wyoming that day, and then realized that I25 heading north would probably become a parking lot at some point, and did a bit of research and came up with Kearney. They told me about it, so I booked a room there also. As it is, there's a 200 and some mile stretch of I80 from a bit before North Platte all the way to Lincoln that is within the path of totality. I bet that will be a parking lot also.

Another total eclipse will be occur April 8, 2024. Another interesting path.
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2024Apr08Tgoogle.html

[customerserviceguy]

13. No hotel room is not a problem

We're closing on a house later this month, and will have our own place to stay. I imagine that many will drive from other parts to get near the path of maximum totality, but I've been on the stretch of Highway 17 where I'd plan to go, and there's a lot of rural area out there. Plenty of roadside to park on the side of, and share a brew or two with the folks in the car next to us!

I had no idea this was coming until this post, and I'm totally psyched up for this, I've never seen one in my life, and this could be my last chance.

[roamer65]

9. SE Nebraska.

Since I live close to the totality path of the 2024 eclipse, I am just going to sit back and enjoy the awe of this first one for me.

[wiggs]

11. Madras, OR. Super excited! Will try to stay away from the other 70,000 who will descend on central

Oregon that day...my daughters and I will try to find a hill, a rise, an overlook where we can dance and howl!

[customerserviceguy]

12. I can arrange to be there

In two weeks, we're closing on a house south of Myrtle Beach, SC. It wouldn't be too hard to drive to the point of totality for the full 2+ minutes! I'll have to talk my lady into it, or just go myself.

[LeftInTX]

14. I wish I could be near some action, but I won't

[AngryAmish]

16. Beach party at the beach house

I got the eclipse glasses yesterday. May get the kids welding goggles.

[Tanuki]

17. Nashville is in the path of totality so I will be able to see it in my yard

if I take the day off, or will step outside for a while if I work that day. I've also been invited to a viewing party already. I recently went to a fascinating lecture on eclipses in general and the upcoming one specifically by an astronomer from our local observatory, and I already have my eclipse viewing glasses. There has not been a total eclipse in my location for more than 500 years. It feels great to be in the right place at the right time.

[Sissyk]

43. I heard the schools are closing that day,

And trying to figure out a make-up time and date. That's cool!

Davidson, Williamson, and Wilson are the ones I heard are closing.

[pintobean]

18. In the dark

[WhiskeyGrinder]

25. I'll allow it.

[BumRushDaShow]

19. It'll probably rain that day

or be overcast. So many "events" get spoiled by weather.

[caraher]

26. yeah, which is why I'm looking for places with a good east-west road

I plan to be mobile - if I can drive a few hundred miles for clear skies it's worth it!

[NightWatcher]

22. Heading near Columbia SC

[Bettie]

23. We're taking the kids

down to Missouri to see it.

[xmas74]

46. What side of Missouri? Nt

Nt

[Bettie]

50. The husband is planning it, but we noted

that Mark Twain National Forest is right on the "line".

[logosoco]

28. SW of St. Louis!

I am lucky to live within the path of totality!!! Not sure if we will be at my house or my daughters who is 2 miles from mine.
Family is coming down from Madison! I told them they have to be here as soon as I heard. That was almost two years ago and I am SOOOO excited we are this close now!!!!

This will be the third day of school for my grandsons (we start early here!) but I asked my daughter to let them stay with the family. This is an experience we should have together.

[California_Republic]

29. John Day !

See you there!

[Bengus81]

30. 92.5% in my backyard,might have to drive NE a tad.......n/t

[Foamfollower]

35. Dead center in the path of totality.

It's about 15 miles from my home.

[Nac Mac Feegle]

37. Both of my Home Towns are in the totality zone

Grand Island and Alliance, Nebraska.

I may just have to go visit some of the relatives.

I remember one a long time ago, viewing it with a camera obscura type setup: a good sized piece of thick paper with a pinhole in it, and another held below that one to see the projected image.

[clu]

39. if this was in the early 80s

I saw this one in elementary school

[GreenEyedLefty]

40. i viewed an annular eclipse that way some years ago.

It's pretty cool.

[clu]

38. decisions decisions

I'll probably be at home in north texas. I'm tempted to drive up to Missouri or wherever but I do a lot of driving to take meteor shower photos and I just don't know if I can swing it

[GoCubsGo]

41. Unless my lot in life improves significantly, right at the edge of the the zone.

I am in South Carolina. I might drive to where I can experience the full eclipse. But, probably not.

[frogmarch]

44. Carhenge, Alliance, Nebraska,

my hometown!

https://ne150.org/calendar/solar-eclipse/

[Lucinda]

47. TY KNR

[wiggs]

48. Daughters and I flying to Portland then driving to Madras, OR. Lots and lots of people

will be doing the same so we're staying a couple of nights on Mt Hood to get closer to Madras...will get up before dawn to be in place by 9 am. Not sure where we will be exactly for the event, but will try to avoid masses of folk and find a hill in nature. very excited.

[spinbaby]

51. Crossville Tennessee

Where I conveniently have a relative to stay with.

[bdjhawk]

52. Headed down to Southern Illinois

Carbondale is having a festival with music, etc over the weekend.

For those who like camping, rock climbing, hiking, wine trails, fishing- Southern Illinois is absolutely fantastic.

Google or Trip Advisor:
Giant City State Park (WPA built lodge has great family style restaurant)
Shawnee National Forest (ShawneeForest.com)
Garden of the Gods Wilderness Area (within Shawnee National Forest)
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Shawnee Hills Wine Trail (shawneewinetrail.com) 11 or 12 wineries- beautiful scenery

Southern Illinois also has awesome peaches. Not sure if there is a variety in season on those dates but there are several orchards south of Carbondale.

Amtrak's City of New Orleans, Saluki or Illini routes go from Chicago.

My folks grew up in the area and my family visits there periodically. It is really beautiful.