Sunrise and sunset · Mountain · Overlook
Donner Lake Overlook / Donner Summit
Truckee, California
Public overlook area with lake and Sierra ridgeline views; useful Truckee/Tahoe sunset candidate after coordinate confirmation.
That note comes from maps and public pages. It’s a guide, not a promise, so check hours, fees and access with whoever runs the place before you go. Suggest a correction.
This evening
- Golden hour
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- Sunset
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- Last colour
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The sun, here
Today’s light here
Times are for Donner Lake Overlook / Donner Summit, in Pacific time.
This evening
- Golden hour
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- Sunset
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- Blue hour
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- Last light
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- Last colour
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Tomorrow morning
- First colour
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- First light
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- Blue hour ends
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- Sunrise
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- Golden hour ends
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Worked out from the sun’s real position for this exact place, the way the app does it. No forecast is needed for these.
What these times mean
- Golden hour
- The low, warm sun before sunset and after sunrise, from six degrees up. How long it lasts changes with the season and how far north you are.
- Sunset and sunrise
- The minute the top of the sun meets the horizon here, with the bend of the air allowed for.
- Blue hour
- The deep blue from four degrees under until last light in the evening, and the same on the way up in the morning.
- Last light and first light
- Six degrees under: enough light to see by, and no more.
- Last colour and first colour
- About eight degrees under, when the last of the colour gives out in the evening, and in the morning when the first of it comes in. The Sky Score is read for the minute the colour peaks, a little after sunset and before sunrise.
Sky Score
Worth the drive?
Press the button and this page reads the forecast for this exact spot at the minute the colour peaks, then gives one honest number. No forecast for that minute, no score.
Three more near here
- Commons Beach14 mi from hereSunrise
- D.L. Bliss State Park / Lester Beach25 mi from hereSunrise and sunset
- Emerald Bay State Park / Eagle Falls Overlook28 mi from hereSunrise
Pictures: USGS The National Map.
The only spot in Truckee so far All 132 in California
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The app works back from the drive and gives you the minute to leave. It opens the camera in the window, and keeps the sky in your journal.
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