Event
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08/21/2017
Location:
Bear Valley Visitor Center,
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Map
Time: 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Fee Information: Free
Contact Name: Gregory Purifoy
Contact Email: E-Mail Us
Contact Phone Number: 415-464-5100 x2 x5
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Can't make it to the path of totality to see the total solar eclipse? Don’t worry, it won't be a totality bummer to view the eclipse at Point Reyes! Join rangers at the Bear Valley Visitor Center to learn about the science behind the eclipse and pick up a free pair of special viewing glasses. Watch as the moon passes in front of the sun and casts its shadow on the contiguous United States for the first time in nearly forty years!
Protect your eyes. The eclipse will be amazing, but it's not worth your eyesight. The only safe way to look directly at the uneclipsed or partially eclipsed sun is through special-purpose solar filters. Use "eclipse glasses" or handheld solar viewers to look at the eclipse. Learn more about viewing eclipses safely and about some common viewing myths.
PARTY IN THE PENUMBRA!
Even though a total solar eclipse will not be visible at Point Reyes National Seashore on Monday, August 21, 2017, a partial eclipse will be seen with clear weather from about 9 am to just after 11 am in the eastern and southeastern sky.
The moon will be covering the largest portion of the sun (called the eclipse maximum) at 10:14 am.
Stop by the Bear Valley Visitor Center to pick up a free pair of solar eclipse safety viewing glasses, watch the eclipse in real time, and learn more about this remarkable celestial event during short ranger talks and hands-on activities for the whole family!
For directions and a map to help you get to the Bear Valley Visitor Center, visit our Directions page. To help reduce traffic congestion in the paved parking lot adjacent to the Bear Valley Visitor Center, please park your vehicle(s) in the gravel parking lot on the left (east) side of the access road close to the Bear Valley Trailhead. Parking is free.
