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Best at sunrise · Mountains

Tunnel View

Yosemite National Park, California

Iconic public overlook into Yosemite Valley with El Capitan, Half Dome, and Bridalveil Fall; best for sunrise/early light and classic valley mood.

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Today’s light here

Times are for Tunnel View, in Pacific time.

First light
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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.

Sky Score

Will the morning be worth the drive?

Press the button and the page reads the real forecast for this exact spot, at the minute the colour peaks, and gives one honest number. Worked out in your browser. If there’s no forecast for that minute there’s no score.

Three more near here

  1. Cook's Meadow LoopSunrise & sunset · Mountains · 5.1 mi from here
  2. Glacier PointSunrise & sunset · Mountains · 5.7 mi from here
  3. Millerton Lake State Recreation AreaBest at sunset · Water · 48 mi from here

All 3 in Yosemite National Park · All 107 in California

Take it with you

Plan the morning at Tunnel View.

The app works back from the drive and tells you when to leave. It opens the camera in the window, and keeps the sky in your journal.

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