Oregon City Events
Eclipse Viewing at the End of the Oregon Trail
Date and Time
Monday Aug 21, 2017
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM PDT
August 21, 2017. Expected Eclipse time 10:10. Come early to set up your lawn chairs or picnic blankets on the lawn.
Location
End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive & Visitor Information Center 1726 Washington St, Oregon City, OR, 97045
Fees/Admission
Free event.
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Contact Information
Bethany Nemec
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Description
You're invited to see the Eclipse at the End of the Oregon Trail!
Come see Oregon City's history in a new light!
Experience this amazing spectacle of nature at the End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive & Visitor Information Center: our location will see a 99% total eclipse!
Date: Monday, August 21, 2017
Time: Expected eclipse time 10:10 am.
Come early to set up your lawn chairs or picnic blankets on the lawn.
Festivity Details:
Experience this amazing spectacle of nature at the End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive & Visitor Information Center: our location will see a 99% total eclipse!
Date: Monday, August 21, 2017
Time: Expected eclipse time 10:10 am.
Come early to set up your lawn chairs or picnic blankets on the lawn.
Festivity Details:
- Parking - over 100 spaces available
- Complimentary Eclipse Glasses for the first 200 people (one pair per person)
- Coupon for 10% off admission and gift shop purchases at the End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center - enjoy yourself inside the interpretive center after the eclipse while you wait for traffic to die down.
- Presentation from Bryon Boyce on the Science and History of Eclipses
- Bryon Boyce is a local expert on native plants, ornamental and food gardening, cross-country skiing, and geology. He is active in the non-profits Oregon City Parks Foundation, the Clackamas River Basin Council, and Metropolitan Alliance for Common Good.
- His presentation at this event will share how scientists have historically understood past eclipses, and how their efforts - even in the 1800's - have shaped our current understanding of these unique celestial events.