#Cadillac mountain sunrise full

People were pretty quiet for the most part. This is just a portion of the amount of viewers up there. Next time I’ll bring a blanket!Įven though we arrived to a large crowd, we were able to find our own unobstructed spot. Not a single hat or a pair of gloves in sight. It was windy and we were not prepared for that kind of exposure. Like, we left New York with low 90 degree weather to stand in 49 degree weather approximately 1500ft above sea level. (Thanks babe!) Luckily he was able to see the sunrise from that overlook as well. Tony left Nicole and I at the summit and drove down to a lower viewing spot. People were parking illegally on the road that leads to the parking lot causing extra unnecessary traffic.

#Cadillac mountain sunrise full

The parking lot was 100% full when we arrived.

I made the ill-assumption thinking 5:10am was early enough to get a good spot. It’s said that during half the year this mountain is the first place to view sunrise in the US. The things we do for a sunrise at Cadillac Mountain lol. The picture below was taken at 4:12am from my tent.īy 4:40am we were in the car driving towards Acadia National Park. The air was crisp and the campground was silent. The stars were still out as I looked up while lacing my boots. I don’t even get up this early for work lol. Images: Sankaty Light By EWM – Own work, CC BY 3.0, Cadillac Mountain Sunrise By JetsonJones – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Plaice Cove By Steve Hedin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Vernon, Vt., road chapel, By Magicpiano – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Sakonnet Light By Zhengan – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0. So you may want to climb Round Mountain or Putney Mountain to shave a few seconds off the sunrise. Steep hills surround the towns, which belong to the Connecticut River Valley in Vermont’s lowest elevation. Putney sees the sunrise seconds after Brattleboro. About half a minute later, Guilford will see it, then Brattleboro will see it. Vernon in the southeast corner of Vermont will see the state’s first sunrise at 7:20 a.m. Road chapel (for a sunrise service?) in Vernon, Vt. Custom House and Ye Antientist Burial Ground, one of the oldest cemeteries in New England. The city now has many cultural and historic attractions, including, the Joshua Hempstead House, the landing site of the Amistad at the U.S. Whaling once bought considerable wealth to nearby New London.

Stonington itself has a historic lighthouse, the Mystic Bridge Historic District, historic house museums and the sets for the films Mystic Pizza and Amistad. Though Connecticut’s first rays appear about eight minutes past the sun’s first appearance in the United States, the southeastern section of the state offers many consolations. The sun’s rays first fall on nearby Groton about 40 seconds later, then on New London a few ticks after that. The state’s southeasternmost town - Stonington - will see the sunrise at 7:13 am, according to the U.S. There’s little dispute about where the first dawn will break over Connecticut. Thirty-three seconds after that, sunlight hit West Quoddy Head in Lubec. Thirty seconds later, the sun rose on Cadillac Mountain. People gathered at dawn at all three locations.Īt 7:04 a.m., the sun’s rays hit Sankaty Bluff. Strelnitski, who ran the Maria Mitchell Observatory at the time, arranged a three-way conference call on the morning of Jan. According to his calculations, the sun would rise at Sankaty Bluff before it rose either on top of Cadillac Mountain or in Lubec. Naval Observatory claimed the sun would rise first – by two minutes – in Lubec, astronomer Vladimir Strelnitski believed otherwise. They argued over whether the sun would rise first over Lubec, Maine, Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park or Siasconset on Nantucket. In 1999, astronomers tried to settle a dispute about where the first sunrise would dawn on the new millennium. First sunrise in the United States: Sankaty Light.Ĭlimb to Nantucket’s 111-foot Sankaty Bluff in Siasconset, and you’ll likely see the first sunrise of 2020 in the United States.