Deciding where to see the total solar eclipse in New York is difficult when there are so many spectacular options. The path of totality—just 110 miles wide—crosses the state’s northwest, home to the vast minority of New York’s 20 million people.
It’s the state’s first for 99 years, but it won’t just be New Yorkers that head to these places. For eclipse chasers in Boston, Philadephia, Pittsburgh and Wahington D.C. the “Empire State” is the natural place to head to.
“New York is such a fantastic place and so unusual for the eclipse,” said Dr. Tyler Nordgren, an Ithaca, New York-based astronomer, author of Sun Moon Earth and eclipse artist at Space Art Travel Bureau, in an interview. “There is a huge variety of utterly iconic and distinctly different locations to go, from Niagara Falls, Adirondacks, Finger Lakes wine region, Letchworth State Park—the “Grand Canyon of the East”—the Erie Canal, Rochester and Buffalo.”
When darkness comes at 3:16 p.m. to 3:29 p.m. EDT, where will you be?
Here are 36 events, festivals and watch parties across New York, moving from southwest to northeast with the moon’s shadow:
Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park, Buffalo
Where: USS Little Rock, Buffalo
Time and duration of totality: 3:18 p.m. EDT, 3 minutes 45 seconds
More information and tickets ($79 per person)
Watch eclipse on board a warship. Includes a tour of the USS Little Rock, the USS The Sullivans, and the USS Croaker, with talks, special guests, eclipse glasses and commemorative items.
EAsclipse, East Aurora
Where: Knox Farm State Park, East Aurora
Time and duration of totality: 3:18 p.m. EDT, 3 minutes 43 seconds
More information and tickets ($15)
This family-centered day will include enriching educational activities throughout the stables, live music, swag bags, parking, and food and beverage vendors.
Made in America Store, Elma
Where: Made in America Store, Elma
Time and duration of totality: 3:18 p.m. EDT, 3 minutes 44 seconds
More information (free)
A sprawling, 8-acre lawn area for viewing the eclipse and free parking for vehicles. Visitors are advised to bring lawn chairs and eclipse glasses.
Sweet Dreams Maple Farm, Corfu
Where: Sweet Dreams Maple Farm, Corfu, Buffalo
Time and duration of totality: 3:18 p.m. EDT, 3 minutes 45 seconds
More Information and tickets (free)
This 45-acre maple farm will host demonstrations, tastings and tours of the sugar house.
Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino, Niagara Falls
Where: Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino, Niagara Falls
Time and duration of totality: 3:18 p.m. EDT, 3 minutes 29 seconds
More information and tickets (free)
Family-friendly festival from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. featuring food trucks, face painting, balloon artists, cornhole and other outdoor games, a live DJ/band and cash bar.
Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino, Buffalo
Where: Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino, Buffalo
Time and duration of totality: 3:18 p.m. EDT, 3 minutes 45 seconds
More information and tickets (free)
Festival for adults over 21 years from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. featuring outdoor games, a live DJ/band, cash bar and food specials.
Center for Inquiry Solar Eclipse Viewing Party, Amherst
Where: Center for Inquiry, Amherst
Time and duration of totality: 3:18 p.m. EDT, 3 minutes 42 seconds
More information and tickets ($10, parking $5)
Solar eclipse viewing party, workshops, Ben Radford lecture on “Solar Superstitions and Moon Myths,” solar documentary film screening and free eclipse glasses.
Rolling Hills Asylum, East Bethany
Where: Rolling Hills Asylum, East Bethany
Time and duration of totality: 3:19 p.m. EDT, 3 minutes 26 seconds
More information and tickets ($25)
Includes camping, ghost hunt, BBQ, campfire gathering and eclipse viewing party.
Soltality Music Festival, Brockport
Where: Ledgedale Airpark, Brockport
Time and duration of totality: 3:19 p.m. EDT, 3 minutes 44 seconds
Running from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. this event will feature live music, food trucks, art vendors and interactive stations.
Black Out at Woodlawn Distilling, Linwood
Where: Woodlawn Distilling, Linwood
Time and duration of totality: 3:19 p.m. EDT, 3 minutes 28 seconds
More information and tickets ($269 for four people)
Includes guaranteed parking, eclipse glasses, t-shirt, food tickets, a cocktail per person and free Three Falls Cider tasting.
Batavia Soccer Park
Where: Batavia Soccer Park, Batavia
Time and duration of totality: 3:19 p.m. EDT, 3 minutes 44 seconds
This 51-acre property’s parking area can accommodate up to 600 vehicles and has public restrooms.
Total Eclipse of the Port, Brockport
Where: SUNY Brockport campus, Brockport
Time and duration of totality: 3:19 p.m. EDT, 3 minutes 43 seconds
The southeast corner of the SUNY Brockport campus is located directly on the center line tickets for the event include parking, four pairs of solar eclipse glasses, commemorative stickers, access to food trucks and live entertainment (beginning at 11 am)
Eclipse Over Orleans 2024, Albion
Where: Orleans County 4H Fairgrounds, Albion
Time and duration of totality: 3:19 p.m. EDT, 3 minutes 38 seconds
More information and tickets (free with reservation)
A weekend of free live entertainment including a glow party and fireworks, food, vendors, workshops, educational and fun kids activities and eclipse glasses while they last. Camping is $75 and RV with hook-up is $250-$400.
Black & Blue Total Solar Eclipse Event, Hilton
Where: Blue Barn Cidery, Hilton
Time and duration of totality: 3:19 p.m. EDT, 3 minutes 43 seconds
More information (no reservations)
Family-friendly event with kitchen specials, baked goods and live music between 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. Indoor and outdoor tables are available, and blankets and lawn chairs are welcome on the lawn.
Solar Spectacle: A Total Solar Eclipse At GCV&M, Mumford
Where: Genesee Country Village & Museum, Mumford
Time and duration of totality: 3:19 p.m. EDT, 3 minutes 37 seconds
More information and tickets (from $250 per vehicle).
Experience totality in a 19th-century historic village, explore how 19th-century Americans viewed eclipses and learn all about the science of solar eclipses.
Village Of Geneseo Celebrates The Solar Eclipse, Geneseo
Where: Geneseo Village Park, Geneseo
Time and duration of totality: 3:19 p.m EDT, 3 minutes 12 seconds
More information and tickets (free)
Geneseo will host a community event in the Village Park for the public, both locals and visitors, to join together to celebrate and observe the eclipse.
Rochester Museum & Science Center, Rochester
Where: Rochester
Time and duration of totality: 3:20 p.m. EDT, 3 minutes 40 seconds
More information and tickets ($20 1-day)
Three-day festival featuring exhibitors with hands-on activities, science engagements, solar telescope viewing, planetarium shows, speakers, lectures, live entertainment, and access to some of Rochester’s favorite food trucks.
Soleil Soirée: Eclipse Viewing Party at MAG, Rochester
Where: Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester
Time and duration of totality: 3:20 p.m. EDT, 3 minutes 40 seconds
More information and tickets ($20)
From 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Centennial Sculpture Park will host an event with cocoa and coffee, half-moon cookies and other delights from Brown Hound Downtown, with live space-themed music.
Divided Sky: A Totality Tailgate, Geneseo
Where: Strange Design Public House, Geneseo
Time and duration of totality: 3:20 p.m. EDT, 3 minutes 11 seconds
More information and tickets ($250 for four people)
Tickets include parking, access to brewery, live music, buffet lunch, event sticker, commemorative tasting glasses and eclipse glasses. The event will feature two special beer releases and 5 oz tastings, a live feed from NASA and the sealing of a time capsule to be opened at the next total solar eclipse in the contiguous U.S. in 2044.
Totally Time Out, Marion
Where: Marion Town Park, Marion
Time and duration of totality: 3:20 p.m. EDT, 3 minutes 26 seconds
More information and tickets (tbc)
From 1:00 p.m. until 4.30 p.m., this town will host a view event at the Marion Town Park.
Total Eclipse of the Park, Perinton
Where: Perinton Community Center, Fairport
Time and duration of totality: 3:20 p.m. EDT, 3 minutes 28 seconds
More information and tickets (free (swim & bounce house $8 per person; $35 for 5)
Family-friendly fun with Star Wars bounce houses, swimming, food trucks, music and a guaranteed pair of eclipse glasses.
Small Town Astronomical Event, Phelps
Where: Phelps Fireman’s Hall, Phelps
Time and duration of totality: 3:21 p.m.EDT, 2 minutes 51 seconds
More information and tickets (free)
Town eclipse event with two telescopes with solar filters, eclipse glasses, vendors, concessions and fun contests. Multi-day camping is available.
Muranda Cheese Company, Waterloo
Where: Muranda Cheese Company, Waterloo
Time and duration of totality: 3:21 p.m. EDT, 2 minutes 10 seconds
An eclipse viewing party between 12 and 5 p.m. with charcuterie, local wine, beer and cider, and a specialty cocktail. Bring a blanket or chair for viewing on the lawn.
Stellar Day in Sterling
Where: Sterling Nature Center, Sterling
Time and duration of totality: 3:21 p.m. EDT, 3 minutes 29 seconds
More information and tickets (free)
Held between midday and 6:00 p.m, expect family-friendly activities and music.
Finger Lakes Community College, Canandaigua
Where: FLCC, 3325 Marvin Sands Drive, Canandaigua
Time and duration of totality: 3:21 p.m. EDT, 2 minutes 46 seconds
More information and tickets ($30 per person)
Eclipse event at the main campus building, including parking, art and education program from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., lunch in the café, a pair of eclipse glasses, and expert guidance with astronomer Tim McConnochie.
Embrace The Dark Festival, Geneva
Where: Geneva, Seneca Lake
Time and duration of totality: 3:21 p.m. EDT, 2 minutes 21 seconds
A weekend of events and public viewing sites for the total solar eclipse, public parks around Geneva and outdoor activities. Including wine tastings, astronomy art exhibits and lectures close to Geneva Lakefront and Seneca Lake State Park.
Solar Eclipse: Wine Social, Geneva
Where: FLCC Viticulture and Wine Center, Geneva, Seneca Lake
Time and duration of totality: 3:21 p.m. EDT, 2 minutes 25 seconds
More information and tickets ($40 per person)
Includes two glasses of wine, hors d’oeuvres, parking and eclipse glasses. Guided tours of the center will be available from 1 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Total Eclipse Of The Park, Watertown
Where: Thompson Park, Watertown
Time and duration of totality: 3:22 p.m. EDT, 3 minutes 39 seconds
More information and tickets (free, ticket required)
574 acres atop a hill that overlooks the city Watertown, this family-friendly event will start at 11 a.m. and feature entertainment, food trucks, educational exhibits and free solar eclipse glasses.
Total Eclipse In The Park, Romulus
Where: Deer Haven Park, Romulus
Time and duration of totality: 3:22 p.m. EDT, 1 minute 20 seconds
More information and tickets ($69)
This event will include eclipse viewing, eclipse glasses and an open wagon ride into the wilderness, away from artificial light and with abundant wildlife—possibly the Seneca white deer.
Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology, Syracuse
Where: Syracuse
Time and duration of totality: 3:23 p.m. EDT, 1 minute 30 seconds
Free outdoor festival open to the public with no registration required. Includes free eclipse glasses and restrooms.
Sarnac Lake Solar Fest
Where: Downtown Sarnac Lake
Time and duration of totality: 3:24 p.m. EDT, 3 minutes 30 seconds
Festival with live music, food and drink, art displays and interactive installations.
Eclipse in Tupper At The Adirondack Sky Center, Tupper
Where: Adirondack Sky Center & Observatory, Tupper Lake, Tupper
Time and duration of totality: 3:24 p.m. EDT, 3 minutes 33 seconds
Music, food, and entertainment with an 18-foot TV showing NASA TV’s live feed of the eclipse from across the U.S. Free and open to the public.
Totality in Tupper at The Wild Centre, Tupper
Where: The Wild Centre, Tupper
Time and duration of totality: 3:24 p.m. EDT, 3 minutes 20 seconds
More information and tickets (free/registration required)
A weekend of eclipse-themed activities, music, food trucks and a mural painting. Parking is limited to members who have reserved tickets.
Glow for the Gold, Lake Placid
Where: James C. Sheffield Speed Skating Oval, Lake Placid
Time and duration of totality: 3:25 p.m. EDT, 3 minutes 21 seconds
More information (free)
An open south/southwest-facing view of the Adirondack High Peaks and the iconic Olympic Ski Jumps with room for many spectators to gather. Gates open at 1:00 p.m.
Whiteface Solar Eclipse Viewing Party, Lake Placid
Where: Cloudspin Bar & Grill Main Base Lodge, New York Ski Resort, Lake Placid
Time and duration of totality: 3:25 p.m.EDT. 3 minutes 25 seconds
More information and tickets ($40)
Eclipse viewing party with unparalleled views from the Cloudspin Bar & Grill deck at New York Ski Resort’s Main Base Lodge. Includes lift tickets, live music and giveaways.
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Wishing you clear skies and wide eyes.
