Here are some great locations and choices for our USA members to enjoy the eclipse on Aug 21.
- Hopkinsville’s popularity is partly astronomical luck: It’s the closest town to the “point of greatest eclipse,” the place where the sun, moon, and Earth line up most perfectly.
- On eclipse weekend, visitors will stay in local hotels, friends’ homes, and one of dozens of ad-hoc tent and RV camping sites ..., including a local distillery**, church, and mini golf course.
- Carbondale, Illinois touts that it is nearest to the point of the “longest eclipse,” at two minutes and 42 seconds...
- Nashville notes it’s the largest city on the path of the “once-in-a-lifetime celestial event.”
- ...flood the Great Smoky Mountains for an elevated view of the moon’s shadow rushing across the valley below.
- prefer flat corn fields, check out Nebraska’s “broad horizons.”
- If you have $80,000 handy, there’s Big Mountain Heli Tours, which has obtained a first-ever permit from the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs to land six guest to camp near the summit of Oregon’s second tallest peak.
Let's hope this continent wide marketing campaign will be favoured with good weather and clear skies.
**Not a good idea...might be prone to missing the entire event!!
