Winter Experience - Watching Beautiful Sunrises in Homer Alaska

Sunrise Over the Kachemak Bay

In winter, Homer has some of the best sunrises in the world.  
After long days of sun in the summer, Homer shifts gears and curtains become less important as the days grow shorter.  We go from 18 hours and 43 minutes of sunlight in June to 5 hours and 59 minutes in December.  Some would stay that's too much night, but I disagree.

With the longer nights comes a lower sun angle and the sun rises and sets farther to the south.  These two factors make for some of the best sun rises and sunsets I've seen.  And I seen quite a few good ones across the lower 48 and Hawaii.  In addition, starting in October you don't even have to make special arrangements to watch the sunrises.  As the sun rise occurs steadily later in the morning and quickly goes from 6AM to after 8AM and eventually as late at 10AM.

The reflections of the sunrises across the bay are fantastic.  The bay turns orange or pink and then, as the light comes up, starts reflecting the snow capped mountains across the bay.

If you're looking for a long romantic weekend, Homer is the place for glorious sunrises (and equally amazing sunsets) from October to March.  You can sleep in and enjoy a late breakfast as the southern horizon goes from black to dark blue; the mountains get rimmed in orange, then gold, then bright yellow; and the clouds glow orange, pink, purple, and yellow all over a leisurely 30 minute period.  Several times in later October if there are clouds in the bay, the entire world turns pink for 10 minutes.  If you want to really make a treat of it, stay in one of the local inns or bed and breakfasts, many have hot tubs, romantic fireplaces and/or fabulous views across the bay.  Then enjoy a romantic evening in one of the local restaurants; some of our favorites are open year-round.