For six consecutive years I built a tradition of watching the first sunrise of the New Year, always including a small road trip to one of the Great Lakes. I fell in love with these mornings, finding it to be a grounding experience to begin the year.

However, I realized I hadn’t watched many sunrises from one year to the next. I began to think if I love this experience so much, why wasn’t I doing it more? In fact, I worked hard for a life of flexibility where I could seek this feeling each and every morning.

No earlier than December 30, and it may have even been on January 1 while driving to Whitefish Point, I decided, why not photograph every sunrise of 2019. Year of the Sunrise was born.

Weather

Coldest Sunrise
-31ºF
Avg. temp
33ºF
Hottest Sunrise
71ºF

The sun was visible for 50% of 365 sunrises in 2019.


January

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Sunrise from Whitefish Point
1
Sunrise from Presque Isle
2
Sunrise from Marquette Yacht Club
3
Sunrise from Founders Landing
4
Sunrise from Lower Harbor Breakwall
5
Sunrise from South Beach
6
Sunrise from Mattson Lower Harbor
7
Sunrise from Marquette Harbor Lighthouse
8
Sunrise from Presque Isle
9
Sunrise from Shiras Park
10
Sunrise from Presque Isle Breakwall
11
Sunrise from Larch Breakwall
12
Sunrise from Little Bay de Noc
13
Sunrise from Picnic Rocks
14
Sunrise from Founders Landing Boardwalk
15
Sunrise from South Beach
16
Sunrise from Thill & Sons Fish House
17
Sunrise from Thill's Fish Dock
18
Sunrise from Thill's Fish Dock
19
Sunrise from Founders Landing
20
Sunrise from Thill's Fish Dock
21
Sunrise from Founders Landing
22
Sunrise from Marquette Yacht Club
23
Sunrise from Lower Harbor Breakwall
24
Sunrise from South Beach
25
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
26
Sunrise from Founders Landing Boardwalk
27
Sunrise from Sugarloaf Mountain
28
Sunrise from Sunset Point
29
Sunrise from Picnic Rocks
30
Sunrise from Presque Isle
31

February

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Sunrise from NOAA Station MCGM4
1
Sunrise from Teal Lake
2
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
3
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
4
Sunrise from Picnic Rocks
5
Sunrise from Presque Isle
6
Sunrise from Wetmore Landing
7
Sunrise from Lower Harbor Ore Dock
8
Sunrise from Pebble Beach
9
Sunrise from South Beach
10
Sunrise from Whetstone Brook
11
Sunrise from Black Rocks
12
Sunrise from Mattson Lower Harbor
13
Sunrise from Presque Isle
14
Sunrise from Founders Landing
15
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
16
Sunrise from Pebble Beach
17
Sunrise from Picnic Rocks
18
Sunrise from Lakeshore Boulevard
19
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
20
Sunrise from Whetstone Brook
21
Sunrise from Black Rocks
22
Sunrise from Dead River Basin
23
Sunrise from Founders Landing Boardwalk
24
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
25
Sunrise from Bum's Beach
26
Sunrise from Pebble Beach
27
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
28

March

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Sunrise from Marquette Harbor Lighthouse
1
Sunrise from Mouth of the Carp
2
Sunrise from Washington Street
3
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
4
Sunrise from Lower Harbor Breakwall
5
Sunrise from Presque Isle
6
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
7
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
8
Sunrise from Black Rocks
9
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
10
Sunrise from Founders Landing
11
Sunrise from Little Presque Isle
12
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
13
Sunrise from Bum's Beach
14
Sunrise from Presque Isle
15
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
16
Sunrise from Marquette Yacht Club
17
Sunrise from Presque Isle Breakwall
18
Sunrise from Marquette Harbor Lighthouse
19
Sunrise from Picnic Rocks
20
Sunrise from Presque Isle
21
Sunrise from Bum's Beach
22
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
23
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
24
Sunrise from Shiras Park
25
Sunrise from Dead River Basin
26
Sunrise from Grand Island Ferry Dock
27
Sunrise from Ford Lake
28
Sunrise from Riverside Park
29
Sunrise from Michigan & Huron
30
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
31

April

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Sunrise from Black Rocks
1
Sunrise from Shiras Park
2
Sunrise from South Beach
3
Sunrise from Bum's Beach
4
Sunrise from South Beach
5
Sunrise from Presque Isle
6
Sunrise from Labonte Park
7
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
8
Sunrise from Presque Isle
9
Sunrise from Bum's Beach
10
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
11
Sunrise from Presque Isle
12
Sunrise from Picnic Rocks
13
Sunrise from Presque Isle Breakwall
14
Sunrise from Mouth of the Carp
15
Sunrise from South Beach
16
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
17
Sunrise from Park Cemetary
18
Sunrise from Presque Isle
19
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
20
Sunrise from Pebble Beach
21
Sunrise from US 41 & M 28 Roundabout
22
Sunrise from Black Rocks
23
Sunrise from Dead River
24
Sunrise from Pebble Beach
25
Sunrise from Lower Harbor Breakwall
26
Sunrise from Presque Isle
27
Sunrise from Wetmore Landing
28
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
29
Sunrise from Presque Isle Bog Walk
30

May

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Sunrise from Bum's Beach
1
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
2
Sunrise from Presque Isle
3
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
4
Sunrise from Wetmore Landing
5
Sunrise from Marquette Harbor Lighthouse
6
Sunrise from Lake Street Bluff
7
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
8
Sunrise from Lakeshore Boulevard
9
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
10
Sunrise from Sugarloaf Mountain
11
Sunrise from US 41
12
Sunrise from Sand Point
13
Sunrise from Wetmore Landing
14
Sunrise from Little Presque Isle
15
Sunrise from Enger Tower
16
Sunrise from Split Rock Lighthouse
17
Sunrise from 12th Street Beach
18
Sunrise from Dead River
19
Sunrise from Pebble Beach
20
Sunrise from Lower Harbor Breakwall
21
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
22
Sunrise from Presque Isle
23
Sunrise from Pebble Beach
24
Sunrise from Black Rocks
25
Sunrise from Presque Isle
26
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
27
Sunrise from Lower Harbor Ore Dock
28
Sunrise from Thomas Rock
29
Sunrise from Presque Isle
30
Sunrise from Black Rocks
31

June

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Sunrise from One Marquette Place
1
Sunrise from Wetmore Landing
2
Sunrise from Shiras Park
3
Sunrise from Picnic Rocks
4
Sunrise from Little Presque Isle
5
Sunrise from Presque Isle
6
Sunrise from Hawley Street
7
Sunrise from Mount Marquette
8
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
9
Sunrise from Upper Harbor Ore Dock
10
Sunrise from Harlow Creek
11
Sunrise from Middle Bay
12
Sunrise from Presque Isle
13
Sunrise from Presque Isle
14
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
15
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
16
Sunrise from Freeman Landing
17
Sunrise from Picnic Rocks
18
Sunrise from Picnic Rocks
19
Sunrise from Lakeshore Boulevard
20
Sunrise from County Road 510
21
Sunrise from Presque Isle
22
Sunrise from Wetmore Landing
23
Sunrise from Black Rocks
24
Sunrise from Dead River Basin
25
Sunrise from Presque Isle
26
Sunrise from South Beach
27
Sunrise from Presque Isle
28
Sunrise from Picnic Rocks
29
Sunrise from Presque Isle
30

July

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Sunrise from Picnic Rocks
1
Sunrise from Superior Dome
2
Sunrise from Lower Harbor Ore Dock
3
Sunrise from Saint Ignace Marina
4
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
5
Sunrise from Sugarloaf Mountain
6
Sunrise from Little Traverse Bay
7
Sunrise from Little Traverse Bay
8
Sunrise from Lakeshore Boulevard
9
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
10
Sunrise from Presque Isle Breakwall
11
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
12
Sunrise from Lakeshore Boulevard
13
Sunrise from M-28 Beach
14
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
15
Sunrise from Pebble Beach
16
Sunrise from Founders Landing
17
Sunrise from Presque Isle Breakwall
18
Sunrise from Founders Landing
19
Sunrise from Wetmore Landing
20
Sunrise from Lakeshore Boulevard
21
Sunrise from Presque Isle
22
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
23
Sunrise from Pebble Beach
24
Sunrise from Lower Harbor Breakwall
25
Sunrise from Raspberry Island
26
Sunrise from Lake Nokomis
27
Sunrise from Hennepin Avenue Bridge
28
Sunrise from Minnehaha Park
29
Sunrise from Blue Mound State Park
30
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
31

August

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
1
Sunrise from Founders Landing
2
Sunrise from Presque Isle Breakwall
3
Sunrise from Indian Lake
4
Sunrise from Songbird Trail
5
Sunrise from Lower Harbor Breakwall
6
Sunrise from Marquette Harbor Lighthouse
7
Sunrise from Superior Dome
8
Sunrise from Pebble Beach
9
Sunrise from Seeds & Spores Farm
10
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
11
Sunrise from Shiras Park
12
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
13
Sunrise from Hall Farms
14
Sunrise from Presque Isle Breakwall
15
Sunrise from South Beach
16
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
17
Sunrise from East View
18
Sunrise from Bum's Beach
19
Sunrise from Pebble Beach
20
Sunrise from Presque Isle
21
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
22
Sunrise from Lower Harbor Breakwall
23
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
24
Sunrise from Wetmore Landing
25
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
26
Sunrise from Presque Isle
27
Sunrise from Mount Marquette
28
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
29
Sunrise from Harlow Creek
30
Sunrise from Lakeshore Boulevard
31

September

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Sunrise from Shiras Park
1
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
2
Sunrise from South Beach
3
Sunrise from Pebble Beach
4
Sunrise from Lower Harbor Breakwall
5
Sunrise from Straits of Mackinac
6
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
7
Sunrise from Picnic Rocks
8
Sunrise from Superior Dome
9
Sunrise from Coast Guard Station
10
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
11
Sunrise from Presque Isle
12
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
13
Sunrise from Presque Isle Breakwall
14
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
15
Sunrise from Founders Landing
16
Sunrise from Pebble Beach
17
Sunrise from Marquette Harbor Lighthouse
18
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
19
Sunrise from Coast Guard Station
20
Sunrise from Deer Lake
21
Sunrise from Presque Isle
22
Sunrise from Marquette County Courthouse
23
Sunrise from Trestle Falls
24
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
25
Sunrise from Founders Landing
26
Sunrise from Bugsy's Perch
27
Sunrise from Valley View Pork
28
Sunrise from Blue Lake Cottages
29
Sunrise from Old Mission Lighthouse
30

October

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Sunrise from Pebble Beach
1
Sunrise from Suicide Hill
2
Sunrise from Pebble Beach
3
Sunrise from Presque Isle Breakwall
4
Sunrise from Lower Harbor Ore Dock
5
Sunrise from NOAA Station MCGM4
6
Sunrise from Little Presque Isle
7
Sunrise from South Beach
8
Sunrise from Shiras Park
9
Sunrise from Shiras Park
10
Sunrise from Cinder Pond Marina
11
Sunrise from Pebble Beach
12
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
13
Sunrise from Old County Road 510
14
Sunrise from Pebble Beach
15
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
16
Sunrise from Shiras Park
17
Sunrise from Little Presque Isle
18
Sunrise from Shiras Park
19
Sunrise from Shiras Park
20
Sunrise from NOAA Station MCGM4
21
Sunrise from Presque Isle
22
Sunrise from Thomas Rock
23
Sunrise from Lakeshore Boulevard
24
Sunrise from Gaines Rock
25
Sunrise from Hogback Mountain
26
Sunrise from Shiras Park
27
Sunrise from Sugarloaf Mountain
28
Sunrise from Lakeshore Boulevard
29
Sunrise from Wetmore Landing
30
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
31

November

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Sunrise from Hidden Beach
1
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
2
Sunrise from Shiras Park
3
Sunrise from Presque Isle
4
Sunrise from Presque Isle
5
Sunrise from Belle Isle
6
Sunrise from Monument to Joe Louis
7
Sunrise from I-75
8
Sunrise from Woodward Avenue
9
Sunrise from Mariners' Church
10
Sunrise from Shiras Park
11
Sunrise from Presque Isle Breakwall
12
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
13
Sunrise from Shiras Park
14
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
15
Sunrise from Lower Harbor Ore Dock
16
Sunrise from Pebble Beach
17
Sunrise from Presque Isle Breakwall
18
Sunrise from Lower Harbor Breakwall
19
Sunrise from Shiras Park
20
Sunrise from Upper Harbor Ore Dock
21
Sunrise from Bum's Beach
22
Sunrise from Founders Landing
23
Sunrise from Park View Park
24
Sunrise from Franklin Avenue Bridge
25
Sunrise from Lake of the Isles
26
Sunrise from Black Rocks
27
Sunrise from U.S. Coast Guard Station
28
Sunrise from Founders Landing Boardwalk
29
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
30

December

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Sunrise from Mattson Lower Harbor
1
Sunrise from Park Cemetary
2
Sunrise from Coast Guard Station
3
Sunrise from Coast Guard Station
4
Sunrise from Thill's Fish Dock
5
Sunrise from Bugsy's Perch
6
Sunrise from Lakeshore Boulevard
7
Sunrise from Municipal Marina
8
Sunrise from Shiras Park
9
Sunrise from Marquette Harbor Lighthouse
10
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
11
Sunrise from Founders Landing Boardwalk
12
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
13
Sunrise from Presque Isle
14
Sunrise from Bum's Beach
15
Sunrise from South Beach
16
Sunrise from Shiras Park
17
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
18
Sunrise from Presque Isle
19
Sunrise from Harlow Creek
20
Sunrise from Lower Harbor Breakwall
21
Sunrise from Wetmore Landing
22
Sunrise from NOAA Station MCGM4
23
Sunrise from Seul Choix Point Lighthouse
24
Sunrise from Whitefish Point
25
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
26
Sunrise from South Beach
27
Sunrise from Presque Isle
28
Sunrise from Portage Canal
29
Sunrise from Sugarloaf Mountain
30
Sunrise from Shiras Park
31