Come Get Mooned!
In Randolph County Indiana
Why Visit Randolph County!
- Total Solar Eclipse on April 8th, 2024
- Nearly 4 minutes of Total Solar Eclipse
- One of the longest Total Eclipses in the nation!
- Prime viewing spot in the US, alongside a location in Texas
- Multiple Viewing Events with expansive open spaces
- Exciting weekend-long events
- Warm hospitality and scenic rural Indiana
Conclusion
Prepare to be spellbound as Randolph County invites you to witness the April 8th, 2024 eclipse. With optimal viewing, captivating natural beauty, and warm hospitality, this destination offers an unforgettable experience. Mark your calendars, plan your journey, and get ready to be awed as Randolph County becomes the backdrop for a celestial spectacle that will leave you in awe. Don’t miss this extraordinary event—Randolph County awaits your presence as you embark on a journey of celestial wonder.
April 8th Eclipse Simulator
Prepare to be mesmerized by the upcoming solar eclipse on April 8th, 2024, with this incredible 3D Eclipse Simulator! This tool offers an immersive experience, allowing you to visualize the eclipse in stunning detail.
- Realistic Visuals: Enjoy lifelike visuals that recreate the eclipse’s beauty accurately.
- Location and Time: Choose your viewing location and manipulate time settings for a customized experience.
- Share the Excitement: Capture and share screenshots or videos of the simulation on social media.
- Prime viewing spot in the US, alongside a location in Texas
Where Is The Eclipse?
Randolph County Eclipse Brochures!
"Who Turned Off The Sun"
The Randolph County Art Association is proud to announce the release of a new children’s book, “Who Turned Out The Sun?”, authored by Lisa Combs, a native of Darke County. This engaging book has been made possible through a grant from IU Rural Management. Bringing the story to life with captivating illustrations is Pam Fraizer, the esteemed Director of the Randolph County Art Association. Dive into this delightful read, now available for purchase on Amazon.
Live Eclipse Lecture.
The Randolph County Eclipse Committee, under the auspices of the Tourism Commission, is thrilled to announce we will be bringing Dr. Phil Plait to Randolph County on February 26, 2024!
This has been made possible through a partnership with EDP Renewables and IU East. We are extremely fortunate and excited to bring a high quality, famous astronomer like Dr. Plait to address our Randolph County school children. All 5 county schools will be participating in this once-in-a-lifetime event. Plait grew up in the Washington, D.C. area. He has said he became interested in astronomy when his father brought home a telescope when Plait was 5 years old or so. According to Plait, he aimed it at Saturn that night. One look, and that was it. I was hooked.
Plait attended the University of Michigan and received his PhD in astronomy at the University of Virginia in 1995 with a thesis on supernova SN 1987A, which he studied with the Supernova Intensive Study (SINS). During the 1990s, Plait worked with the COBE satellite and later was part of the Hubble Space Telescope team at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, working largely on the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph. Plait's work with Grady, et al. resulted in the presentation of high-resolution images of isolated stellar objects from the Hubble Space Telescope, among the first of those recorded. Dr. Plait will be sharing amazing eclipse images with our Randolph County students. He is also a prolific science writer and blogger. Stay tuned for more information about this amazing opportunity for Randolph County. The Randolph County Eclipse Committee and Tourism Commission are grateful and thankful to EDP Renewables for sponsoring this for our county. We are also thrilled IU East invited us to partner with them in bringing Dr. Plait to our students on February 26, 2024.
Check out Parker City
Experience the celestial spectacle of a lifetime at Parker cities Darker In Parker Solarbration.
Plan Your Visit
Tips for Planning your Experience at the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse:
Make A Weekend Out Of It
Eclipse day in 2024 is a Monday. Lots of related activities around Randolph County, IN will occur on Saturday and Sunday. Find out what they are, where they’re being held, and which you want to attend, on our website and make a mini-vacation out of the eclipse.
Take eclipse day off now
You may think two years is a bit of a long lead time, and, unless you work for a magazine called Astronomy, it may be. The point to consider is that April 8, 2024, may turn out to be the most popular vacation-day request in history. If not now, figure out the earliest date that makes sense for you to request April 8 as a vacation day, and mark it on your calendar.
Attend an event
You’ll enjoy the eclipse more if you hook up with like-minded people. Choose your viewing event from the Randolph County Solar Eclipse 2024.
View the 360° sunset
During totality, take just a few seconds to tear your eyes away from the sky and scan the horizon. You’ll see sunset colors all around you because, in effect, those locations are where sunset (or sunrise) are happening.
Watch the weather
Average April cloud cover, 2000-2020 The track of the 2024 total solar eclipse is overlaid on this map of the average cloud cover during April (2000-2020) at approximately 1:30 pm local time, as measured by the Aqua spacecraft. Jay Anderson/Fred Espenak Meteorologists study a chaotic system. Nobody now can tell you with certainty the weather a specific location will experience on eclipse day. And don’t get too tied up in the predictions of cloud cover you’ll see for that date. Many don’t distinguish between “few” (one-eighth to two-eighths of the sky covered), “scattered” (three-eighths to four-eighths), or “broken” (five-eighths to seven-eighths) clouds and overcast. Also, many of the “predictive” websites use satellite data, which detects much more cloudiness than human observers. In both cases, you need to dig deeper.
Get a filter in advance
Cardboard “eclipse” glasses with lenses of optical Mylar cost about $2. Such a device — it’s not a toy — will let you safely look directly at the Sun. It filters out most of the light, all of the dangerous infrared (heat) and ultraviolet radiation, which tans our skin. Buy one well in advance, and you can look at the Sun anytime. Sometimes you can see a sunspot or two. That’s cool because to be visible to our eyes, such a spot has to be larger than Earth. Another safe solar filter is a #14 welder’s glass, which also will cost you $2. Wanna look cool at the eclipse? Buy goggles that will hold the welder’s glass. I’ve even seen people wearing whole helmets. Either those or goggles serves one purpose — you won’t need to hold the filter, so you can’t drop it.
