Are you ready for the eclipse?

​Are you all set for the Total Solar Eclipse happening on Monday, April 8, 2024? Where's your front-row seat for this mind-blowing cosmic show? Check out this blog post highlighting 5 spots in Champaign County to catch the spectacle. And remember, this list is just the tip of the eclipse!

1. Freshwater Farms

2624 US-68, Urbana, OH 43078
Food menu will include Walking Fish Tacos, Brats, Hot Dogs and Fries. A full service bar will also be open for adult and family refreshments.
Farm Wagon Rides and Drum Circle happening in addition to the normal fun activities!
They will be open 10-6 (as normal) and the peak Eclipse Totality is calculated to be at 3:08pm that day.

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2. Cedar Bog Nature Preserve

980 Woodburn Rd, Urbana, OH 43078
This solar eclipse event on April 8th is almost sold out! Cedar Bog Association and Ohio History Connection members receive free admission. Visitors are welcome to show up without reservations on the 8th, but parking is not guaranteed as we have limited spaces. We are very excited for Patrick Craig's presentation that day and hope to see you at the bog!

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​3. DRAGONFLY VINEYARD & WINE CELLAR

Mon Apr 8th 10:30am - 9:00pm
Dragonfly Vineyard & Wine Cellar, 710 W Herr Rd, Urbana, OH, USA
​It will be a full day of awesomeness at Dragonfly Vineyard & Wine Cellar.
It will start with an earlier 10:30 opening with a breakfast menu of homemade sausage gravy and biscuits. And you can add a Dragonfly Mimosa!
Then we will watch the beginning of the eclipse in the afternoon peaking in totality for 3 minutes, 17 seconds after 3:00.
Then, following that celestial marvel, we will be entertained with another marvel, a rising shining star, Leah Crose and two of her Nashville colleagues, Kyle Austin and Justin Harris. They will be playing from 4:00-7:00.
If supplies last, we will also be featuring our Chocolate Raspberry eclipse wine, Noir 03:17 (that stands for the 3 minutes, 17 seconds awesome darkness in the middle of the day!)
Plus, we will be serving brats from the wood pellet grill all day long!
It would be a good idea to bring your own lawn chairs!
AND, by the way, we will be open additional hours the following day on Tuesday, April 9 from 10:30 to 9:00 to bask in the afterglow!

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4. Total Solar Eclipse in the Park - Christiansburg

115 W 2nd St, Christiansburg, OH 45389
Join us for this once-in-a-lifetime event! We will have snacks, drinks, and other activities brought to you by the Christiansburg Community Library for this event. Christiansburg is in the line of totality where you will experience the longest period of total darkness.

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5. ECLIPSE AT GRIMES!

1636 North Main Street, Urbana, OH 43078
Grimes Field (I74) will be welcoming any and all spectators for the historic solar eclipse on April 8th. Bring your lawn chairs!
The Grimes Flying Lab Museum will be open for the first time this year allowing a walkthrough of the hangar from the ramp. They will be selling snacks as well as museum and eclipse glasses/merchandise.
The Airport Cafe will be open for business from 7am to 8pm.
If you are flying into I74 for this historic event, please remember that it will be self-parking in the grass with a $10 per plane parking fee (CASH ONLY). Your "ticket" will be a custom Grimes Field sticker.
If you are driving to Grimes Field for the event. Parking in the parking lots will be free. Tickets will be sold at the airport gate for $2 per person and $5 per family (CASH ONLY).
The main ramp will be closed to aircraft traffic and coned off for pedestrians to enjoy!
For questions about the eclipse at Grimes Field. Please contact the airport manager at [email protected]​