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For an introduction to sunset hiking see:
Hiking NH Mountains for Sunset.
Being on a mountain at sunset is a lot of fun!
Late afternoon light is great for photography
and sunset color is beautiful.
A good time of year for sunset hikes is fall,
when the sun sets early and evenings are
still warm.
I prefer to hike down the trail I just hiked up,
often enjoying a twilight/moonlight descent
without headlamp.
Good candidate peaks can be found on
the NH 52 With-A-View list, since these all
have good views and the hike down is
easier than most of the NH 4000-Footers.
Full-Moon-Rise:
Once a month there is the added bonus
of full-moon-rise: you can watch sunset
to the west and moonrise to the east!
To plan your moonlight hike, see the
Moonrise and Moonset Calculator
to find out on what date the moon will be full,
when it will rise, and where it will rise.
The moon appears to wobble and
change size slightly as it circles Earth.
You can see this on a time-lapse
28-day moon movie on the
Astronomy Picture of the Day website.
Names for the Full Moon:
| Month |
Name |
| January |
Wolf |
| February |
Snow |
| March |
Worm |
| April |
Pink |
| May |
Milk |
| June |
Strawberry |
| July |
Buck |
| August |
Sturgeon |
| September |
Harvest |
| October |
Hunters |
| November |
Beaver |
| December |
Cold |
| (extra) |
(Blue) |
Prayer ascribed to a young boy
(future sunset hiker): "Dear God,
I didn't think orange went with purple
until I saw the sunset you made on
Tuesday night. That was really cool."
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