SOLAR ECLIPSESunriver Style

Your Guide to the Solar Eclipse in Sunriver!

We're all in this together. Look out for each other. This is a rare opportunity but it brings potential hazards. We must all do our part to be prepared. Help your neighbors and other travelers who may be unfamiliar with the area. Be friendly, helpful and patient - and please enjoy Oregon!

– Central Oregon Emergency Information Network

Best viewing locations If you really want to avoid any tra�c issues, your best bet is to stay home and watch the eclipse from there. If you can go outside today and can see the sun around 10:20am (the same time the eclipse will occur) there is really no need to leave your property. If you don’t have a clear-sky view, there are a few suitable Sunriver viewing locations. Please bike or walk to these destinations as parking will be extremely limited.

Sunriver ResortWatch the eclipse from the Backyard behind the Sunriver Resort Lodge. In addtion, Sunriver Music Festival is hosting a free solar talk at 8:30 a.m. in the Great Hall, followed by eclipse viewing. To attend the solar talk please RVSP with Sunriver Music Festival online at www.sunrivermusic.org or call 541-593-9310.

SHARCJohn Gray Amphitheater & Paulina Park have open views of the sky and will be open during the eclipse. SHARC aquatics will not open till 11am.

Sunriver Nature Center & ObservatoryThe observatory is o�ering safe solar viewing through their telescopes.

Fort Rock ParkFort Rock park has a large grassy �eld perfect for viewing the eclipse.

delays or cancelationsSHARC: Aquatics will not open to the public until 11 a.m. (541-585-5000)

SROA North Pool: 10-11 a.m. lap swimming is canceled. (541-593-6778)

Sunriver Tennis: The 10 a.m. Fit to Hit and 9 a.m. youth tennis clinics are canceled. (541-593-5707)

Sunriver Nature Center: All raptor programs and camps delayed until 12 p.m. (541-593-4394)

High Desert Family Medicine: Will not open until 12 p.m. (541-593-5400)

Bike & walk is best Hop on a bike or walk to alleviate and avoid any tra�c congestion. Please follow a paved pathway to your desired destination.

August 21, 2017

Safety and ConcernsAccess on River Road recommended only for local and business tra�c until 12:00 p.m. No roadside parking anywhere in Sunriver. All routes must remain clear to allow passage of emergency vehicles.Protect the environment. Please stay on paved pathways and designated common areas.Due to extreme �re danger, charcoal barbecues, �re pits, �reworks, etc. are prohibited. No smoking outside of vehicles.No drone �ying without prior approval of the Sunriver Owners Association and Sunriver Airport.Do not look at the sun without approved solar viewing glasses. Solar glasses are available for sale at the Resort’s Merchant Trader, the pavilion in the The Village and the Sunriver Nature Center.

Emergency information- Emergency services may be delayed or unavailable. Only dial 911 for a life-threatening medical condition or emergency. - Medical services will be available at La Pine Community Health Clinic (51600 Huntington Road, La Pine. 541-536-3435). They will be open August 19-20 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Aug. 21 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. for walk-in medical services.- Should an emergency requiring an evacuation event occur in Sunriver, follow directions provided by the Sunriver Police Department. - For emergency updates, go to www.coemergencyinfo.blogspot.com. You can sign up to receive emergency alerts via your cell phone should anything occur in Sunriver or anywhere in the Central Oregon region.- Sunriver Owners Association will also post any emergency information to their website at www.sunriverowners.org

Solar Eclipse Factoids A solar eclipse is a lineup of the Sun, the Moon and Earth. The Moon has to be between the Sun and Earth for a solar eclipse to occur when the Moon, directly between the Sun and Earth, casts a shadow on our planet. If you’re in the dark part of that shadow (the umbra), you’ll see a total eclipse. If you’re in the light part (the penumbra), you’ll see a partial eclipse. Depending on the geometry of the Sun, Moon and Earth, there can be between 2 and 5 solar eclipses each year. Totality occurs when the Moon completely obscures the Sun so only the solar corona is showing. The longest a total solar eclipse can last is 7.5 minutes. The width of the path of totality is usually about 160 km across and can sweep across an area of Earth’s surface about 10,000 miles long.

If any planets are in the sky at the time of a total solar eclipse, they can be seen as points of light. The next total solar eclipse over the continental U.S. occurs April 8, 2024. Depending on where you are (on the center line), the duration of totality lasts at least 3 minutes and 22 seconds on the east coast of Maine and stretches to 4 minutes and 27 seconds in southwestern Texas. After that eclipse, it’s a 20-year wait until August 23, 2044 (and, similar to the 1979 event, that one is visible only in Montana and North Dakota). Total solar eclipses follow in 2045 and 2078.

Eclipse Begins9:06 a.m.

Totality Begins10:19 a.m.

Totality Ends10:21 a.m.

Totality Ends11:41 a.m.

Please Note: Sunriver is NOT in the path of totality and will not experience a total eclipse. The times are based on the path of totality passing through Madras, Oregon.