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A total solar eclipse is making its way to the Dallas Region on Monday, April 8th and will be located in the path of totality! Elevate your eclipse experience and head to any of the locations below for you to enjoy this ultimate experience. With music festivals, crafts, free solar glasses, and food trucks here and there, the Dallas Region is bringing it on so that you and your loved ones have the best eclipse viewing experience.

I’M IN THE ECLIPSE’S PATH!

Total Solar Eclipse coming soon to a city near you… Depending on your location, the amount of time the sun will be blocked by the moon and total darkness will be observed will be anywhere between a minute to more than four minutes. With events happening all throughout the weekend you can visit any of these cities around the region and enjoy a fun filled afternoon to celebrate this moment in history.

Camp Cosmico– Waxahachie	April 4-8
Solar Eclipse Weekend Downtown Dallas, Inc.– Dallas	April 5
Eclipseboro– Hillsboro	April 5-8
Wylie Eclipse 2024– Wylie	April 6
Solar Eclipse Celebration at Oak Cliff Cultural Center– Dallas	April 6
Totality Dallas: A Solar Eclipse Festival– Mesquite	April 6
Waxahachie Solar Eclipse Weekend– Waxahachie	April 6-8
Total Solar Eclipse at Frontiers of Flight Museum– Dallas	April 7
Total Solar Eclipse Experience– Waxahachie	April 7-8
Total Solar Eclipse at Dallas Cotton Bowl Statdium– Dallas	April 8
Total Eclipse of the Park– Addison	April 8
Total Solar Eclipse at the Arboretum– Dallas	April 8
Total Eclipse at the Perot Museum– Dallas	April 8
Eclipse at the University of Texas at Dallas– Richardson	April 8
Total Eclipse at Klyde Warren Park– Dallas	April 8
Eclipse at the University of North Texas– Denton	April 8
Eclipse at Fort Worth Museum– Fort Worth	April 8
Solar Eclipse Watch Party– Waxahachie	April 8
Total Eclipse of the Park– Frisco	April 8
Eclipse at Grapevine– Grapevine	April 8
Eclipse over Ennis– Ennis	April 8

THE MORE YOU KNOW

Check out some fun facts and why this Total Solar Eclipse will be one for the books!

The last time the Dallas Region experienced a total solar eclipse was in 1878!
The last time there was a total solar eclipse in North America was in 2017!
The Dallas Region will not experience another total solar eclipse for an estimated 300 years.
The Dallas Region is one of the largest metropolitan areas in the line of totality.
The center line of the eclipse’s path will cross through 15 states.
Eclipse maximum is 4 minutes and 28 seconds, and Dallas will get to experience 3 minutes and 49 seconds.
About 30 million people will be in the eclipse’s path of totality and the Dallas Region accounts for about 7 million of those people.
Totality is safe to look at ONLY when the moon’s disk covers that of the Sun. Any other time it is highly recommended to wear eclipse glasses.