Tracking the solar eclipse
From west to east, the following gives the estimated time the total solar eclipse will begin and the duration of totality in specific locations in Southeast Tennessee. Location Duration Begins Sparta: 2 minutes, 39 seconds 1:30:03.9 CDT Spencer: 2 minutes 26 seconds 1:30:27.7 CDT Fall Creek Falls: 2 minutes, 39 seconds 1:30:50.3 CDT Pikeville: 2 minutes, 25 seconds 1:31:12.7 CDT Spring City: 2 minutes, 39 seconds 2:31:38.4
Dayton: 2 minutes, 21 seconds 2:31:45.5
Graysville: 2 minutes, 8 seconds 2:31:47.8
Dunlap: 42 seconds 2:31:59.1 Decatur: 2 minutes, 34 seconds 2:32:04.6
Niota: 2 minutes, 38 seconds 2:32:31.9 Sweetwater: 2 minutes, 37 seconds 2:32:35.6
Athens: 2 minutes, 35 seconds 2:32:34.1
Madisonville: 2 minutes, 38 seconds 2:32:53.1
Etowah: 2 minutes, 28 seconds 2:32:56.1
Vonore: 2 minutes, 31 seconds 2:33:06.6
Cleveland: 1 minute, 3 seconds 2:33:09.7
Benton: 1 minute, 51 seconds 2:33:11.9
Tellico Plains: 2 minutes, 37 seconds 2:33:15.7
Ocoee: 1 minute, 22 seconds 2:33:22.5 Copperhill: 1 minute, 38 seconds 2:34:10.4
Murphy, N.C.: 2 minutes, 27 seconds 2:34:16.4 Clingman’s Dome: 1 minute,
26 seconds 2:35:12.1
Source: 2006-2017 Xavier M. Jubier’s 2017 total solar eclipse Google map