Sunset and sunrise: where to stand, and what time to be there
golden_hourVerified East End sunrise and sunset viewpoints — public overlooks, beaches, vineyard lawns, hotel terraces and the bars people actually book for it — each with the TIME. Call this for any sunset, sunrise, golden hour, blue hour, best-views or where-should-we-watch question, and call it even when you think you know the spot, because the half that decides the evening is the clock. time is computed from that spot's own latitude and longitude for that date on the East End's clock (America/New_York): sunset here swings over three hours across the year and Orient and Montauk Point differ by about two minutes, so a remembered time is wrong twice over. You also get goldenHour (the hour the light is worth the drive — INTO sunset, OUT OF sunrise), blueHour, and arriveBy, which is 30 minutes earlier because that is when the lot fills; parking and walkDistance say why. startsIn counts down when it has not happened yet today and alreadyPassedToday says when it has — do not offer tonight's number as though it were still coming. Pass when: 'sunrise' for the morning side; the default is sunset. Pass date (YYYY-MM-DD) to plan ahead, and read inBestMonth, because several of these only work in the months the record names. The field no model has is wrongWayRound: verified spots in the same towns that face the OTHER way — Ditch Plains reads like a sunset beach and is east-facing, and sending someone there is the mistake this replaces. There is no weather here, so never promise a clear sky. Returns up to 8.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| date | No | ISO date (YYYY-MM-DD) to compute for. Omit for today, East End local. | |
| town | No | A hamlet ('Montauk', 'Sag Harbor') or a region ('the Hamptons', 'North Fork'). Pass the asker's own words. | |
| when | No | 'sunset' (default) or 'sunrise'. | |
| query | No | What they want, e.g. 'dinner', 'drinks', 'no walk', 'wheelchair', 'dog', 'kids', 'vineyard', or a spot's name. |