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Lake County Commissioners and Emergency Management Agency Planning and Preparing for 2024 Total Solar Eclipse

PAINESVILLE, Ohio, February 27, 2023– Lake County will experience a Total Solar Eclipse on April 8, 2024. The eclipse will enter Ohio near Greenville in Darke County and exit Ohio near Avon Lake in Lorain County. The eclipse will occur local time at approximately 3:12 p.m. and last 4 minutes

Lake County will have several ‘prime’ viewing areas with the center line of the eclipse traversing Lake Erie approximately 10 miles due north of the eastern and western boundaries of the county and the center line of the eclipse approximately 5 miles due north of Mentor. Please click here to read the entire press release.