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Golden Hour Destinations

Destination-specific light planners built around the same interactive GoldenHourNow tools.

Plan the Light Before You Arrive

Each destination page opens with its location already selected, then lets you refine the exact map point and date. The planner combines golden hour, blue hour, sunrise, sunset direction, photography weather and the 7-day Quality Score.

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Prototype directory

California · United States

Los Angeles

Golden hour, blue hour, sun direction, weather, cloud analysis and a 7-day photography forecast.

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New York · United States

New York City

Golden hour, blue hour, Manhattanhenge sun direction, weather and a 7-day photography forecast.

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California · United States

Yosemite National Park

Golden hour, terrain-aware sun direction, weather, visibility, Firefall planning and a 7-day photography forecast.

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California · United States

San Francisco

Golden hour, fog-aware visibility, bridge sun direction, weather and a 7-day photography forecast.

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Arizona · United States

Grand Canyon South Rim

Golden hour, canyon light direction, visibility, shuttle planning and a 7-day photography forecast.

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California · United States

San Diego

Golden hour, Pacific sunset direction, marine-layer weather and a 7-day photography forecast.

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California · United States

Joshua Tree National Park

Golden hour, silhouette planning, desert weather and the transition into dark-sky photography.

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Arizona · United States

Sedona

Golden hour, red-rock sun direction, monsoon weather, access planning and a 7-day photography forecast.

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Hawaii · United States

Honolulu & Oʻahu

Golden hour, island sun direction, trade-wind weather, access planning and a 7-day photography forecast.

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Nevada · United States

Las Vegas

Golden hour, blue hour, Strip light, Red Rock weather and a 7-day photography forecast.

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Washington · United States

Seattle

Golden hour, cloud layers, mountain visibility, waterfront light and a 7-day photography forecast.

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Hawaii · United States

Haleakalā Summit

Sunrise reservations, cloud inversion, summit weather and a 7-day photography forecast.

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Maine · United States

Cadillac Mountain / Acadia

Sunrise reservations, marine fog, coastal light, fall foliage and a 7-day photography forecast.

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Île-de-France · France

Paris

Golden hour, blue hour, Seine reflections, architectural sun direction and a 7-day photography forecast.

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England · United Kingdom

London

Golden hour, blue hour, Thames reflections, cloud layers and a 7-day photography forecast.

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Tokyo · Japan

Tokyo

Golden hour, Fuji visibility, observation decks, blue hour, neon transitions and a 7-day photography forecast.

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New South Wales · Australia

Sydney Harbour

Golden hour, harbour reflections, Opera House and Harbour Bridge planning, wind and a 7-day photography forecast.

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South Aegean · Greece

Santorini

Golden hour, Oia sunset alignment, caldera haze, wind, blue hour and a 7-day photography forecast.

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Alberta · Canada

Banff National Park

Golden hour, mountain alpenglow, glacial-lake reflections, wind, smoke and a 7-day photography forecast.

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California / Nevada · United States

Death Valley National Park

Golden hour, dune side light, salt-flat geometry, heat, wind, dark skies and a 7-day photography forecast.

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How the Destination Library Will Grow

Los Angeles is the first template page. Once its layout, planner behavior, crawlability and mobile experience are validated, the same architecture can expand to cities, national parks, beaches and landmark photography locations without duplicating the calculator code.

Use the worldwide map for any location that does not yet have a dedicated destination page.