Fog Spotlights
Live forecasts. Real webcams. Places worth waking up for.
Each Spotlight combines a viewpoint-specific Fog Score, live visual validation, and the terrain context photographers need before committing to an early drive. No account required.
Every sunrise
Fresh scores for the next two mornings
Live webcams
Reality-check before you drive
California
Yosemite Valley
Valley geometry traps overnight cooling and often creates layered morning fog below granite walls.
Washington
Mount Rainier Paradise
Paradise sits high on Mount Rainier's south flank, where lifting Pacific moisture, rapid mountain cloud, and breaks above lower cloud layers can create dramatic separation around the summit and Tatoosh Range.
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Oregon / Washington
Columbia River Gorge (Hood River)
The Columbia River funnels Pacific moisture through steep terrain, creating low cloud, river fog, and fast-moving breaks that can reveal Mount Hood or separate the Gorge walls at first light.
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California
Del Norte Redwoods
Cool Pacific air reaches the steep redwood coast before inland heating takes over, letting fog collect between the trunks, soften the canopy, and create visible shafts when the first light begins to break through.
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