The Summer Solstice is Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at 04:24 UTC (12:24 am EDT) this year. In the northern hemisphere, the longest day of the year when the Sun is farthest north. In the southern hemisphere, winter and summer solstices are exchanged. The summer solstice marks the first day of the season of summer. The declination of the Sun on the (northern) summer solstice is known as the tropic of cancer (23° 27').
The summer solstice is the longest day of the year, respectively, in the sense that the length of time elapsed between sunrise and sunset on this day is a maximum for the year. The time of sunrise will be 5:57 AM Wednesday, June 21, 2017 (EDT) and sunset will be 9:12 PM (EDT). 15 hours and 16 minutes of sunlight. Of course,daylight saving time means that the second Sunday in March has 23 hours and the first Sunday in November has 25 hours, but these human meddlings with the calendar and do not correspond to the actual number of daylight hours.
This cache is located within Willow Metropark, a part of the Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority park system. A Metropark Vehicle Entry Permit is required: Annual Permit $35. Senior Permit $21. Daily Permit $10.
For General information please call 810-227-2752 or 800-47-PARKS. Or visit our website at WWW.metroparks.com.
All park rules and regulations apply. Park in parking lots only. Check the Metroparks website for park hours.
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This cache is in a plastic Lock-n-Lock container. It contains some typical treasurers. Please place the cache back the way you found it.
The Geocache Placement Permit Application for this Geocache was approved by Kevin Arnold | Southern District Interpretive Services Supervisor Huron-Clinton Metroparks on 04/22/17