As 2019 approached its end, many people inquired if I was going to sleep in on January 1. Of course I wasn’t going to sleep in. Year of the Sunrise opened my heart and soul in such a way, I concluded, why would I stop such a healthy and rewarding practice? After all, it already feels like sleeping in when January sunrises are an entire two hours later than summer.

With the conclusion of YOTS I, one significant takeaway was to encourage others to watch more sunrises this year than they had the year before.

While driving to Peninsula Point Lighthouse on January 1, I made the realization that 2020 was a leap year, meaning I could actually fulfill the same commitment I’ve been asking of others. So, I watched another 366 consecutive sunrises.

Two and half months into YOTS II everything changed when I was forced to close my retail shop due to the COVID pandemic. There was no way to know what was to come, but during a trying year I leaned further into my sunrise ritual, giving me something positive to focus on during an unprecedented year. Nearly each and every morning became a meditation focused on gratitude. No matter how gray the day, literally or emotionally, I was reminded the sun still rises.

Weather

Coldest Sunrise
-13ºF
Avg. temp
36ºF
Hottest Sunrise
76ºF

The sun was visible for 49% of 366 sunrises in 2020.


January

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Sunrise from Peninsula Point Lighthouse
1
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
2
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
3
Sunrise from Bum's Beach
4
Sunrise from Presque Isle
5
Sunrise from Sugarloaf Mountain
6
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
7
Sunrise from Coast Guard Station
8
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
9
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
10
Sunrise from Founders Landing Boardwalk
11
Sunrise from Presque Isle
12
Sunrise from Shiras Park
13
Sunrise from Bum's Beach
14
Sunrise from Founders Landing Boardwalk
15
Sunrise from Mattson Lower Harbor
16
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
17
Sunrise from Ridge Street
18
Sunrise from Picnic Rocks
19
Sunrise from Founders Landing
20
Sunrise from NOAA Station MCGM4
21
Sunrise from Lakeshore Boulevard
22
Sunrise from Presque Isle Breakwall
23
Sunrise from Founders Landing Boardwalk
24
Sunrise from Presque Isle
25
Sunrise from Head of the Bay
26
Sunrise from Lake Plumbago
27
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
28
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
29
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
30
Sunrise from Picnic Rocks
31

February

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
1
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
2
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
3
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
4
Sunrise from Presque Isle
5
Sunrise from Bum's Beach
6
Sunrise from Bugsy's Perch
7
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
8
Sunrise from Harbor of Refuge
9
Sunrise from Harbor of Refuge
10
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
11
Sunrise from Founders Landing Boardwalk
12
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
13
Sunrise from NOAA Station MCGM4
14
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
15
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
16
Sunrise from South Beach
17
Sunrise from Presque Isle Breakwall
18
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
19
Sunrise from Heritage Hall
20
Sunrise from Spring Valley Park
21
Sunrise from The Lakefill
22
Sunrise from Sunrise Avenue
23
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
24
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
25
Sunrise from Presque Isle Breakwall
26
Sunrise from Picnic Rocks
27
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
28
Sunrise from Pebble Beach
29

March

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Sunrise from Marquette Harbor Lighthouse
1
Sunrise from Presque Isle
2
Sunrise from Shiras Park
3
Sunrise from Picnic Rocks
4
Sunrise from Coast Guard Station
5
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
6
Sunrise from Washington & Third
7
Sunrise from Shiras Park
8
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
9
Sunrise from Founders Landing
10
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
11
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
12
Sunrise from Presque Isle
13
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
14
Sunrise from NOAA Station MCGM4
15
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
16
Sunrise from Marquette Harbor Lighthouse
17
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
18
Sunrise from Shiras Park
19
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
20
Sunrise from Big Bay Road
21
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
22
Sunrise from South of Picnic Rocks
23
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
24
Sunrise from Picnic Rocks
25
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
26
Sunrise from Bum's Beach
27
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
28
Sunrise from Shiras Park
29
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
30
Sunrise from Presque Isle Breakwall
31

April

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Sunrise from Shiras Park
1
Sunrise from Bugsy's Perch
2
Sunrise from Pebble Beach
3
Sunrise from Shiras Park
4
Sunrise from Whitefish Point
5
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
6
Sunrise from Shiras Park
7
Sunrise from Founders Landing Boardwalk
8
Sunrise from Whetstone Brook
9
Sunrise from Shiras Park
10
Sunrise from Shiras Park
11
Sunrise from Shiras Park
12
Sunrise from Shiras Park
13
Sunrise from Shiras Park
14
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
15
Sunrise from Shiras Park
16
Sunrise from Presque Isle
17
Sunrise from Shiras Park
18
Sunrise from Shiras Park
19
Sunrise from Shiras Park
20
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
21
Sunrise from Shiras Park
22
Sunrise from Pebble Beach
23
Sunrise from Shiras Park
24
Sunrise from Shiras Park
25
Sunrise from Marquette Harbor Lighthouse
26
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
27
Sunrise from Marquette Harbor Lighthouse
28
Sunrise from Lakeshore Bike Path
29
Sunrise from Shiras Park
30

May

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Sunrise from Plimpton Point
1
Sunrise from Bum's Beach
2
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
3
Sunrise from Little Presque Isle
4
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
5
Sunrise from Lakeshore Boulevard
6
Sunrise from Presque Isle
7
Sunrise from Picnic Rocks
8
Sunrise from Mouth of the Carp
9
Sunrise from Wetmore Landing
10
Sunrise from Shiras Park
11
Sunrise from Shiras Park
12
Sunrise from Marquette Harbor Lighthouse
13
Sunrise from Mount Marquette
14
Sunrise from Shiras Park
15
Sunrise from Shiras Park
16
Sunrise from Shiras Park
17
Sunrise from Shiras Park
18
Sunrise from Shiras Park
19
Sunrise from Shiras Park
20
Sunrise from Shiras Park
21
Sunrise from Whetstone Brook
22
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
23
Sunrise from Pebble Beach
24
Sunrise from Presque Isle
25
Sunrise from Picnic Rocks
26
Sunrise from Little Presque Isle
27
Sunrise from Presque Isle Breakwall
28
Sunrise from Shiras Park
29
Sunrise from Presque Isle Breakwall
30
Sunrise from Lakeshore Boulevard
31

June

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Sunrise from Shiras Park
1
Sunrise from Presque Isle Breakwall
2
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
3
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
4
Sunrise from Presque Isle
5
Sunrise from Shiras Park
6
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
7
Sunrise from Presque Isle
8
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
9
Sunrise from Shiras Park
10
Sunrise from Shiras Park
11
Sunrise from Pebble Beach
12
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
13
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
14
Sunrise from NOAA Station MCGM4
15
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
16
Sunrise from Presque Isle
17
Sunrise from Sunset Point
18
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
19
Sunrise from Shiras Park
20
Sunrise from LaBonte Park
21
Sunrise from Point Abbaye
22
Sunrise from Shiras Park
23
Sunrise from Shiras Park
24
Sunrise from Shiras Park
25
Sunrise from Pebble Beach
26
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
27
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
28
Sunrise from McCarty's Playground
29
Sunrise from Lakeshore Boulevard
30

July

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
1
Sunrise from ROTC Rock
2
Sunrise from Shiras Park
3
Sunrise from Lakenenland
4
Sunrise from Picnic Rocks
5
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
6
Sunrise from Shiras Park
7
Sunrise from Shiras Park
8
Sunrise from Shiras Park
9
Sunrise from Shiras Park
10
Sunrise from Shiras Park
11
Sunrise from Little Presque Isle
12
Sunrise from Sugarloaf Mountain
13
Sunrise from Bugsy's Perch
14
Sunrise from Mount Marquette
15
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
16
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
17
Sunrise from Shiras Park
18
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
19
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
20
Sunrise from Shiras Park
21
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
22
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
23
Sunrise from Shiras Park
24
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
25
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
26
Sunrise from Shiras Park
27
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
28
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
29
Sunrise from Presque Isle Breakwall
30
Sunrise from South Beach
31

August

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Sunrise from Shiras Park
1
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
2
Sunrise from Harlow Creek
3
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
4
Sunrise from Shiras Park
5
Sunrise from Whetstone Brook
6
Sunrise from Shiras Park
7
Sunrise from Shiras Park
8
Sunrise from Pebble Beach
9
Sunrise from Shiras Park
10
Sunrise from Shiras Park
11
Sunrise from Shiras Park
12
Sunrise from Shiras Park
13
Sunrise from Bugsy's Perch
14
Sunrise from Shiras Park
15
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
16
Sunrise from Superior Dome
17
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
18
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
19
Sunrise from Shiras Park
20
Sunrise from Coast Guard Station
21
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
22
Sunrise from Picnic Rocks
23
Sunrise from Shiras Park
24
Sunrise from Shiras Park
25
Sunrise from Shiras Park
26
Sunrise from Shiras Park
27
Sunrise from Black Rocks
28
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
29
Sunrise from Shiras Park
30
Sunrise from Shiras Park
31

September

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
1
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
2
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
3
Sunrise from Shiras Park
4
Sunrise from Shiras Park
5
Sunrise from Shiras Park
6
Sunrise from Presque Isle
7
Sunrise from Shiras Park
8
Sunrise from Shiras Park
9
Sunrise from Shiras Park
10
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
11
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
12
Sunrise from Shiras Park
13
Sunrise from Bum's Beach
14
Sunrise from Picnic Rocks
15
Sunrise from Shiras Park
16
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
17
Sunrise from Presque Isle
18
Sunrise from Shiras Park
19
Sunrise from Shiras Park
20
Sunrise from Shiras Park
21
Sunrise from Presque Isle
22
Sunrise from Lakeshore Bike Path
23
Sunrise from Bugsy's Perch
24
Sunrise from Little Presque Isle
25
Sunrise from Shiras Park
26
Sunrise from Pebble Beach
27
Sunrise from Picnic Rocks
28
Sunrise from Founders Landing Boardwalk
29
Sunrise from Shiras Park
30

October

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
1
Sunrise from Shiras Park
2
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
3
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
4
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
5
Sunrise from Shiras Park
6
Sunrise from Shiras Park
7
Sunrise from Shiras Park
8
Sunrise from Shiras Park
9
Sunrise from Shiras Park
10
Sunrise from Wetmore Landing
11
Sunrise from Shiras Park
12
Sunrise from Presque Isle
13
Sunrise from Bum's Beach
14
Sunrise from Presque Isle
15
Sunrise from Presque Isle
16
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
17
Sunrise from Shiras Park
18
Sunrise from Presque Isle
19
Sunrise from Shiras Park
20
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
21
Sunrise from Shiras Park
22
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
23
Sunrise from South Beach
24
Sunrise from Shiras Park
25
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
26
Sunrise from Wetmore Landing
27
Sunrise from Shiras Park
28
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
29
Sunrise from Presque Isle
30
Sunrise from Shiras Park
31

November

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
1
Sunrise from Shiras Park
2
Sunrise from Shiras Park
3
Sunrise from Shiras Park
4
Sunrise from Shiras Park
5
Sunrise from Shiras Park
6
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
7
Sunrise from Shiras Park
8
Sunrise from Lower Harbor Breakwall
9
Sunrise from Whitefish Point
10
Sunrise from Shiras Park
11
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
12
Sunrise from Shiras Park
13
Sunrise from Lakeshore & Wright St.
14
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
15
Sunrise from LS&I Dock
16
Sunrise from Founders Landing
17
Sunrise from Shiras Park
18
Sunrise from South Beach
19
Sunrise from Shiras Park
20
Sunrise from Shiras Park
21
Sunrise from Thill's Fish Dock
22
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
23
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
24
Sunrise from Shiras Park
25
Sunrise from Wetmore Landing
26
Sunrise from Presque Isle
27
Sunrise from Shiras Park
28
Sunrise from Marquette Harbor Lighthouse
29
Sunrise from Little Presque Isle
30

December

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
1
Sunrise from Little Presque Isle
2
Sunrise from Lakeshore Boulevard
3
Sunrise from Harlow Creek
4
Sunrise from Founders Landing Boardwalk
5
Sunrise from Sugarloaf Mountain
6
Sunrise from Shiras Park
7
Sunrise from Marquette Harbor Lighthouse
8
Sunrise from Little Presque Isle
9
Sunrise from Shiras Park
10
Sunrise from Clark Lambros Park
11
Sunrise from Shiras Park
12
Sunrise from South Beach
13
Sunrise from Marquette Harbor Lighthouse
14
Sunrise from Shiras Park
15
Sunrise from Upper Harbor Ore Dock
16
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
17
Sunrise from Presque Isle Breakwall
18
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
19
Sunrise from Black Rocks
20
Sunrise from Shiras Park
21
Sunrise from Shiras Park
22
Sunrise from Shiras Park
23
Sunrise from Shiras Park
24
Sunrise from Municipal Marina
25
Sunrise from US 41
26
Sunrise from Shiras Park
27
Sunrise from McCarty's Cove
28
Sunrise from Sugarloaf Mountain
29
Sunrise from Wetmore Landing
30
Sunrise from Shiras Park
31