Eclipse activities, viewing places listed

VW independent staff

A list of local activities for eclipse weekend and eclipse day, April 6-8, is available at visitvanwert.com, or on Visit Van Wert’s Facebook and Instagram pages.

In addition, here is a list of local parking and viewing spaces for the April 8 total solar eclipse:

• Community Building parking lot, 300 Sycamore St., Middle Point
• Willshire Ball Park, 103 Green St., Willshire
• Edgewood Park, 643 N. Main St., Convoy
• Smiley Park, 1451 Leeson Ave., Van Wert
• Jubilee Park, 137 Gleason Ave., Van Wert
• Van Wert County Fairgrounds, 1055 S. Washington St., Van Wert
• Lincoln Ridge Farms, 6588 Pollock Rd., Convoy
• Collins Fine Foods, 223 N. Washington St., Van Wert
• Van Del Drive In, 19986 Lincoln Highway, Van Wert

School parking lots in Van Wert County are off-limits for eclipse parking and viewing.

The eclipse will travel across Ohio from southwest to northeast beginning around 1:54 p.m. in Van Wert County and ending around 4:27 p.m on Monday, April 8. Totality will begin throughout the county at 3:08 p.m. and will last approximately four minutes.