--- title: Solar Eclipse Map: The Best Last-Minute Spots to Watch description: It's not too late to book a spot in the path of totality for the August 21, 2017 total solar eclipse. Check out our map for ideas canonical: https://time.com/4906819/solar-eclipse-map-watch/ author: David Johnson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-18T18:39:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-30T12:27:13.105Z article:section: Science og:title: Here Are the Best Last-Minute Spots to Watch the Solar Eclipse og:description: It's not too late to book a spot in the eclipse's path of totality og:url: https://time.com/4906819/solar-eclipse-map-watch/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here Are the Best Last-Minute Spots to Watch the Solar Eclipse twitter:description: It's not too late to book a spot in the eclipse's path of totality twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Here Are the Best Last-Minute Spots to Watch the Solar Eclipse by [David Johnson](https://time.com/author/dave-johnson/) and [Jennifer Calfas](https://time.com/author/jennifer-calfas/) Aug 18, 2017 6:39 PM UTC by [David Johnson](https://time.com/author/dave-johnson/) and [Jennifer Calfas](https://time.com/author/jennifer-calfas/) Aug 18, 2017 6:39 PM UTC It’s not too late to book a trip to watch the first [total solar eclipse](http://time.com/4750899/total-solar-eclipse/) in the U.S. since 1979\. Several spots along the eclipse’s “path of totality,” where the moon will completely obscure the sun, still offer hotels or camping sites for those making last-minute plans. Lucky residents in the path of totality, [which runs from Oregon to South Carolina](https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/interactive%5Fmap/index.html), can look forward to seeing the complete show. For everyone else, the following solar eclipse map highlights places with free festivals, [eclipse glasses,](http://new.time.com/4878020/solar-eclipse-glasses-2017/) and low-cost options for lodging and parking. [**_Watch Live as the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse Crosses the U.S._**](http://time.com/4900148/total-solar-eclipse-time-livestream/) And if you can’t make the trip, use [this tool to see what the eclipse will look like](http://time.com/4882923/total-solar-eclipse-map-places-view/) from anywhere in the U.S. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4906819/solar-eclipse-map-watch/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4906819/solar-eclipse-map-watch/"},"headline":"Here Are the Best Last-Minute Spots to Watch the Solar Eclipse","datePublished":"2017-08-18T18:39:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-30T12:27:13.105Z","description":"It's not too late to book a spot in the eclipse's path of totality","url":"https://time.com/4906819/solar-eclipse-map-watch/","keywords":["Eclipse","solar eclipse","onetime","interactive studio","space 2017"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"David Johnson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dave-johnson/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Jennifer Calfas","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jennifer-calfas/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/eclipse/","name":"Eclipse"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4906819/solar-eclipse-map-watch/","name":"Here Are the Best Last-Minute Spots to Watch the Solar Eclipse"}}]}] ```