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The southern Illinois village of Makanda—the exact spot on Earth where America’s next two total solar eclipses will cross paths in 2017 and 2024—is best known today for its historic buildings and community of artists who live in this picturesque valley adjoining Giant City State Park.

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Makanda Trading Company

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P B & J

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Visions

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Makanda Inn

Preparations in the village are well under way to welcome the thousands of eclipse-seekers

In preparation for the upcoming 2017 eclipse, businesses and residents along Makanda’s famous wooden boardwalk have developed this Website to link visitors everywhere directly to America’s one and only eclipse crossroads. Just a few hundred people live in Makanda today. But preparations in the village are well under way to welcome the thousands of eclipse-seekers to the epicenter of America’s next total solar eclipse.

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What are the chances the precise, dead-center line of America’s next total solar eclipse will pass directly through your front door?

Makanda Boardwalk
Makanda, IL 62958

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