2024 Solar Eclipse Paducah KY
Save the date for the next total solar eclipse to cross Paducah, Kentucky on April 8, 2024! Request the Paducah Visitors Guide for detailed destination information.
Book your stay in Paducah using our guide to hotels and unique lodging. Stay up to date with driving and traffic conditions using the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet website.
This exciting celestial phenomenon happens as the moon completely blocks the sun, daytime becomes a deep twilight and the sun's corona shimmers in the darkened sky. Paducah will be in darkness for approximately 1 minute and 52 seconds for the April 2024 eclipse.
Here are the times for the eclipse on April 8, 2024, for Paducah:
- 12:42 p.m. eclipse begins
- 2:00 p.m. totality begins
- 2:02 p.m. totality ends
- 3:18 p.m. eclipse ends
Nearby Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and Carbondale, Illinois, are points with great eclipse duration with totality for a little more than 4 minutes.
Free Local Viewing Options - City Parks
Paducah offers numerous parks so that you can sit back and enjoy the eclipse. Paducah has a 5 mile Greenway Trail that has good open areas between the downtown Convention Center and Noble Park. Popular parks that have open space and available parking are
- Bob Noble Park (has restrooms by skatepark and large playground on east side of lake)
- Kolb Park (has restrooms)
- Ohio River Boat Launch (no restrooms)
- Pat & Jim Brockenborough Rotary Health Park (has restrooms)
- Riverfront and nearby Schultz Park (has restrooms at Jefferson and Water Street)
- Robert Coleman Park (has restrooms)
- Stuart Nelson Park (has port-a-potties)
- Whitehaven Welcome Center (has port-a-potties)
Local Events
- X Marks the Spot Downtown Festival: Sunday, April 7 and Monday, April 8. This two-day street fair will feature live music, science and eclipse art activities for all ages, plenty of shopping, street food and eclipse-themed snacks, science demonstrations and multiple viewing locations and parties.
- Viewing party on the lawn of the National Quilt Museum
- Heaven & Earth Psychic Fair, presented by Wildhair Studios' Rock Shop
- Solar Eclipse Horse Carriage Experience: Historic or Haunted Paducah tours. Reservations required. More information at 270.243.4365.
- Barkley Regional Airport Eclipse Fly-In: Barkley Regional Airport invites travelers to fly into the airport on personal aircraft. Anyone interested in leaving an aircraft overnight can call Midwest Aviation at (270) 744-8600.
- Solar Eclipse viewing on the lawn of Reidland United Methodist Church, 5515 Reidland Rd. Complimentary bottled water and popcorn. Free eclipse glasses for the first 200 visitors. Bring lawn chairs if seating is needed.
Quilt image: "Corona II: Solar Eclipse" by Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry, National Quilt Museum Collection.
Lodging Availability
This page was updated on March 28, 2024.
HOTEL/MOTEL |
AVAILABILITY |
AMERICAN INN, 5125 Cairo Rd. (I-24 Exit 3) 270.575.9605 | Contact: Dori |
YES |
AUBURN PLACE HOTEL & SUITES, 3994 Hinkleville Rd. (I-24 Exit 4) |
NO |
BEST WESTERN, 2690 Husbands Rd. (I-24 Exit 11) |
NO |
CANDLEWOOD SUITES, 3940 Coleman Crossing (I-24 Exit 4) 270.442.3969 ext. 502 | Contact: Dina Thompson, dthompson.cwspk@gmail.com |
NO |
COMFORT INN, 5135 Cairo Rd. (I-24 Exit 3) 917.426.9002 ext. 218 | Contact: Nicole Williams, nicole.w@daryon.com |
YES, Limited Availability |
COMFORT SUITES, 3918 Coleman Crossing Rd. (1-24 Exit 4) 917.426.9002 ext. 218 | Contact: Nicole Williams, nicole.w@daryon.com |
YES |
COUNTRY INN & SUITES, 145 McBride Ln. (I-24 Exit 4) 270.442.2201 | Contact: Lisa, countryinnandsuites@gmail.com (ATTN: Lisa) |
NO |
COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT, 3835 Technology Dr. (I-24 Exit 4) 270.953.7501 | Contact: Nathan Vance, nathan.vance@asmgmt.com |
YES, Limited Availability |
DAYS INN, 3901 Hinkleville Rd. (I-24 Exit 4) 270. 442.7500 | Contact: Kim or Cheryl, krust@charterlodging.com |
NO |
DRURY INN, 3975 Hinkleville Rd. (I-24 Exit 4) 270.443.3313 | Contact: Nicole Cox, nicole.cox@druryhotels.com |
YES |
DRURY SUITES, 2930 James Sanders Blvd. (I-24 Exit 4) 270.441.0024 | Contact: Nicole Cox, nicole.cox@druryhotels.com |
NO |
FAIRFIELD INN & SUITES, 3950 Coleman Crossing (I-24 Exit 4) 270.442.1700 | David Wells, dwells@prohosp.com |
NO |
HAMPTON INN & SUITES, 3901 Coleman Crossing (I-24 Exit 4) 270.442.0200 | Contact: Aaron Reside, aaron.reside@hilton.com |
NO |
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS & SUITES, 3996 Hinkleville Rd. (I-24 Exit 4) 270.442.8874 | Contact: Cary Allen, cary_allen@midamcorp.com |
NO |
HOLIDAY INN PADUCAH RIVERFRONT, 600 N. Fourth St. (Downtown) 270.366.7614 | Contact: Laura Gower, dos.pahrf@lin-gate.com |
NO |
HOMEWOOD SUITES, 3925 Coleman Crossing (I-24 Exit 4) 270.443.0009 | Contact: Brock Tucker, brock.tucker@hilton.com |
NO |
LA QUINTA INN & SUITES, 3960 Coleman Crossing (I-24 Exit4) 270.443.4800 | Contact: Douglas Cockcroft |
NO |
MUSTANG INN, 5006 Hinkleville Rd. (I-24 Exit 4) |
NO |
QUALITY SUITES, 2880 James Sanders Blvd. (I-24 Exit 4) 270.442.2080 | Contact: Vick Patel, gm.ky411@choicehotels.com |
NO |
RED ROOF INN, 5106 Cairo Rd. (I-24 Exit 3) 270.442.1616 | Contact: Paul Patel, redroofpaducah@gmail.com |
NO |
RESIDENCE INN, 3900 Coleman Crossing (I-24 Exit 4) 270.444.3966 | Contact: Brandon Morrison, pad@musselmanhotels.com |
NO |
SUPER 8 BY WYNDHAM PADUCAH, 2701 HC Mathis Drive 270.443.5500 | Contact: Drew J. Gandhi, super82701@gmail.com |
NO |
1895 WASHINGTON HOTEL, 1310 Broadway (Midtown) 270.978.1202 | Contact: Valerie, 1stKYRealty@gmail.com |
YES |
UNIQUE LODGING |
AVAILABILITY |
1857 HOTEL, 210 Kentucky Ave. (Downtown) 270.933.1857 | Contact: Paul Gourieux, the1857paducah@gmail.com |
NO |
PADUCAH HARBOR PLAZA, 117 N. 2nd St. (Downtown) 270.556.3094 | Contact: Beverly McKinley, phplaza@vci.net |
NO |
CAMPGROUND/RV PARK |
AVAILABILITY |
DUCK CREEK RV PARK, 2540 John Puryear Dr. (I-24 Exit 11) 270.415.0404 | Contact: Todd or Dana, info@duckcreekrvpark.com |
*NO |
FERN LAKE CAMPGROUND & RV PARK, 5535 Cairo Rd. (I-24 Exit 3) 270.444.7939 | Contact: Deanna Bazzell, info@fernlakecampground.net |
NO |
PADUCAH / I-24 / KENTUCKY LAKE KOA JOURNEY (19 miles from Paducah), 4793 US Hwy. 62, Calvert City, KY 42029 270.395.5841 | Contact: Nicole Wolfe, paducah@koa.com |
YES |
KENTUCKY STATE PARKS |
AVAILABILITY |
KENTUCKY DAM VILLAGE STATE RESORT PARK (21 miles from Paducah), 166 Upper Village Dr. Gilbertsville, KY 270.362.4271 | Allison Hart, allison.hart@ky.gov |
NO |
KENLAKE STATE RESORT PARK (42 miles from Paducah), 542 Kenlake Rd., Hardin, KY 42048 270.474.2211 | Contact: Mike Duffy, michael.duffy@ky.gov |
NO |
HICKORY HILL RESORT KENTUCKY LAKE, (32 miles from Paducah), 90 County Rd 1126 A, Benton, KY 42025 270.978.1202 | Contact: Valerie, 1stKYRealty@gmail.com |
YES |