# Sunsets **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 20, 2007, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunsets/392909 "2007-02-20T02:53:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carol2626](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@carol2626](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carol2626)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunsets/392909/1 "2007-02-20T02:53:04Z")
I was wondering if anyone knows of a list of the ten best sunset locations in the world? I would greatly appreciate any input. I saw that list once and just cannot find it again. Thanks so much. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunsets/392909/2 "2007-02-20T03:53:47Z")
MSN UK has one such list: [The 10 Best Sunsets in the World](http://lifestyle.uk.msn.com/features/article.aspx?cp-documentid=494412) ---
**Author:** ![Phrontist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/839c29/32.png) [@Phrontist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phrontist)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunsets/392909/3 "2007-02-20T04:37:00Z")
Those arrange into a pretty nice trip round the world: San Francisco --\> Alaska --\> Hawaii --\> Australia --\> India --\> Egypt --\> Greece --\> Norway --\> England --\> Jamaica I wonder how much that’d cost… ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunsets/392909/4 "2007-02-20T04:38:54Z")
Port Elgin, Ontario and [vicinity](http://www.sunsets.com/sunsets/viewingpoints.htm) is reputed to have spectacular sunsets. ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunsets/392909/5 "2007-02-20T07:42:32Z")
Moved to IMHO. - **xash** General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunsets/392909/6 "2007-02-21T00:59:55Z")
My husband took me to a restaurant called [River’s End](http://www.ilovesunsets.com/restaurant.html) in Jenner for Valentine’s Day a couple of years ago. It’s where the Russian River meets the Pacific. It is definitely one of the best places ever to catch a sunset, IMO. They didn’t register the domain ‘[ilovesunsets.com](http://ilovesunsets.com)’ for nothing. And the food and service are incredible. It’s among the top 5 of my list for best wine country dining. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunsets/392909/7 "2007-02-21T03:12:28Z")
Long Beach peninsula on the Washington coast. I have witnessed it many times and am always in awe. I still have a video of a sunset from many years ago, a ship crossed in front of the sun when it was about half way down. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunsets/392909/8 "2007-02-21T04:17:35Z")
I was on the island of Guam this last September. During typhoon season. We did not get hit by a storm, but there were thunderheads on the horizon every day during the two weeks I spent there. On evening I went to [Two lovers point](http://www.pppatio.com/home/history/history.asp) to watch the sunset. Thunderheads on the horizon, and right at sunset a pair of US military helicopters crossed the scene. I got a picture that looks just like the poster to Apocalypse Now. I took maybe 150 pictures while I was there, at least 80 were sunsets. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunsets/392909/9 "2007-02-21T05:01:38Z")
I was surprised to see Anchorage, Alaska listed. But when Mt. Redoubt erupted while I lived there, the sunsets were awesome! I also once saw an oceanic mirage at sunset time. It was cool. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunsets/392909/10 "2007-02-21T05:30:20Z")
The best sunsets I’ve ever seen were in [Iraq.](http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f380/nemph99/Iraq/?action=view¤t=11-21-06026.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunsets/392909/11 "2007-02-21T05:53:21Z")
Around here, you can’t exactly get a good sunset on demand. But when we get them, man, we get them good. I remember one time, I was sitting in my living room, and happened to glance out my window to see the most spectacular sunset I’d ever seen. Which is a bit more impressive, when you realize that my living room window faces east. Literally (and I really do mean that, not in the all-too-common ironic sense) the entire sky was filled with the sunset, and even the eastern part of it was more amazing than any other sunset I’d ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunsets/392909/12 "2007-02-21T06:01:46Z")
There’s a casual joint on the east side of Lake Travis near Austin in the Texas Hill Country that had 28 deck levels descending down from a hilltop where folks would gather to dine on TexMex and BBQ called The Oasis. Looking across the lake past the ski boats and yachts, you witness the slow descent of the sun into a dusty red past and, just as it’s would wink goodbye, everyone there would join in a round of applause. Known as [The Sunset Capital Of Texas.](http://www.oasis-austin.com/gallery.html)