# Appalachian State University Family Weekend, October 22 to 25, 2026: five buildings to photograph on campus and in downtown Boone > Appalachian State University Family Weekend, October 22 to 25, 2026: five walls on the Boone campus and at the east end of downtown Boone that line up with the low sun, when to be there between the weekend's events, and where to stand for the family picture. This is the Markdown form of https://hengedays.com/articles/buildings-to-photograph-appalachian-state-family-weekend-2026, with the same words as the page. Part of [Family Weekends 2026](https://hengedays.com/articles/family-weekends-2026), school 5 of 26. Previous school: [UNC Chapel Hill](https://hengedays.com/articles/buildings-to-photograph-unc-chapel-hill-family-weekend-2026). Next school: [Emory University](https://hengedays.com/articles/buildings-to-photograph-emory-family-weekend-2026). *The Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts on Rivers Street in Henge Days, entry 3 in the list. Pink marks the west wall that the evening sun lines up with on Family Weekend. North is up.* For October 22 to 25, 2026. Family Weekend at Appalachian State University runs from Thursday, October 22, to Sunday, October 25, 2026. This guide lists five walls on the campus and at the east end of downtown Boone that the low morning or evening sun lands on square this weekend, fitted around the weekend's schedule, with a spot for the family picture. Post yours with #HengeDays. In this article - [The weekend's schedule and the light](#the-weekend-s-schedule-and-the-light) - [Part 1: the Appalachian State campus](#part-1-the-appalachian-state-campus) - [Part 2: downtown Boone](#part-2-downtown-boone) - [When the landmarks line up](#when-the-landmarks-line-up) - [How the list was made](#how-the-list-was-made) - [How to read each entry](#how-to-read-each-entry) For a level horizon, the sun rises in Boone at 7:40 to 7:42 AM and sets at 6:41 to 6:38 PM, Thursday to Sunday, Eastern Daylight Time. Howard's Knob rises north of downtown, out of the sun's path this weekend. Ridges stand east and west of town, so all five walls are golden-day walls, with the sun 2 to 6 degrees up at their moment. ### The weekend's schedule and the light The events below are the ones App State's Fall Family Weekend 2026 calendar listed in search results on October 17, with the football time from [App State Athletics](https://appstatesports.com/news/2026/5/27/kickoff-times-tv-designations-announced-for-six-football-games-in-2026.aspx). The university's own pages could not be opened from where this guide was written, so the list comes from those search summaries. Check times and places at [families.appstate.edu/family-weekend](https://families.appstate.edu/family-weekend) and [calendar.appstate.edu](https://calendar.appstate.edu/family-weekend-fall-2026) before you plan around them. All times are Eastern Daylight Time. - Thursday, October 22, morning: no Family Weekend event is listed. The three sunrise walls line up between 8:05 and 8:14 AM: First Baptist Church (entry 4), I.G. Greer Hall (entry 1) and the Appalachian Wesley Foundation (entry 5). - Thursday, October 22, 5:30 to 8:30 PM: Family Weekend Dinner at the dining halls. - Thursday, October 22, 7:00 PM: App State plays James Madison in football at Kidd Brewer Stadium, on ESPNU. Before it, the Schaefer Center at 6:14 PM (entry 3), about 450 m from the stadium, or Rankin Science West at 6:18 PM (entry 2). - Friday, October 23, 7:30 to 10:30 AM: Family Weekend Breakfast at several dining halls. I.G. Greer Hall lines up at 8:10 AM, near Central Dining Hall. Downtown, First Baptist Church lines up at 8:03 AM and the Wesley Foundation at 8:12 AM. - Friday, October 23, 10:30 AM to noon: Chancellor's Brunch Reception in the Grandview Ballroom of the North End Zone Facility. - Friday, October 23, 2:00 to 3:00 PM: Mountaineer Mock Class in Howard Street Hall, Room 103. Downtown is a short walk north of Howard Street Hall for the hours between the brunch and the class. - Friday, October 23, 6:00 to 8:00 PM: volleyball against Louisiana at the Holmes Convocation Center, a ticketed event. - Friday, October 23, 6:30 to 7:30 PM: S'mores on Sanford Mall, with free registration, weather permitting. Before it, Rankin Science West at 6:20 PM, about 250 m west of the mall, or the Schaefer Center at 6:15 PM. - Friday, October 23, 8:00 to 10:00 PM: Family Weekend Night at the Dark Sky Observatory. - Saturday, October 24, 8:00 AM to noon: the Watauga County Farmers' Market. Before it, I.G. Greer Hall at 8:08 AM or the Wesley Foundation at 8:10 AM. - Saturday, October 24, 9:30 to 10:30 AM: Family Weekend Breakfast at Central Dining Hall. - Saturday, October 24, 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM: Family Pickleball Tournament in the main gym of the Student Recreation Center. - Saturday, October 24, 2:00 to 3:00 PM and 3:30 to 4:30 PM: Family Bingo and then Family Trivia in the Grandfather Mountain Ballroom of the Plemmons Student Union. After them, the Schaefer Center at 6:17 PM, the family photo spot below, or Rankin Science West at 6:21 PM. - Sunday, October 25, 9:30 to 10:30 AM: Family Weekend Breakfast at Central Dining Hall, then lunch from 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM. On Sunday every wall in the list has a building toward the sun as high as the sun or higher at its moment. I.G. Greer Hall at 8:06 AM comes closest. ### Part 1: the Appalachian State campus Three walls, in the order a day runs: one for the morning on Sanford Mall and two for the evening on Rivers Street, between the mall and the stadium. #### 1 I.G. Greer Hall Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina Wall east-southeast, facing 108° Sun The low morning sun lines up with this wall on Oct 22 to 24. Best: Saturday, October 24 at 8:08 AM, 4.4° above the horizon. Leaves WataugaOnline's fall color report of October 14 described the maples in town as nearing peak ([WataugaOnline.com](https://wataugaonline.com/fall-color-report/)). WUNC reported on September 28 that a warm September could delay the color across western North Carolina ([WUNC](https://www.wunc.org/environment/2026-09-28/western-north-carolina-delay-fall-colors-appalachia-trail-foliage)). Where to stand The wall is the east side of the hall's east wing, 22 m long, and the short east end beyond it. Stand on the footpath east-southeast of the wing, on the Sanford Mall side of the hall, with the sun behind you. Stay off Academy Street, south of the hall. The sun lines up with the wall at 8:11 AM on Thursday, 8:10 AM on Friday and 8:08 AM on Saturday, 5.5, 5.0 and 4.4 degrees up. These are golden days: at the head-on moment the sun is 2 to 6 degrees up. Watson-Brumit Hall, toward the sun, rises 3.9 degrees in the outlines; its height is an estimate. On Sunday at 8:06 AM the sun is level with that roofline. The inner wall of the west wing, also marked on the map, faces the east wing, which shades it. Computed from the building outline and the sun's position for a level horizon, and not checked on the ground. Boone sits between ridges, so the real sunrise comes later and the real sunset earlier than a level horizon gives, and a ridge can hold back the light at these times. Clear view Clear. No building in the map data rises above the sun (4.4° up) in its direction. The hall on the south side of Sanford Mall, the lawn at the center of the campus. It was built in 1950 for the music and art departments, with an auditorium and a music library, and in 1966 it was named for Isaac Garfield Greer, who taught history and government at Appalachian from 1910 to 1932 ([App State University Archives](https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/8709), [NCpedia](https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/greer-isaac-ike-garfield)). Two wings reach north from the hall toward the mall. Central Dining Hall, where the weekend's breakfasts are served, is about 170 m west. *The building page in Henge Days. The highlighted walls face 108°, toward the sunrise on the days in the row below; every wall carries its bearing.* - **Thu, Oct 22 to Mon, Nov 2, 2026**12 mornings · best Mon, Nov 2 **6:51 AM** Golden sunrise, sun 0° up ESE 108° wall Its row in the Henge days list, with the time of the head-on moment on the best day. Save keeps that day in your planner, which can send it to your calendar app. Saving asks you to sign in with an email link; there is no password. *The year for every wall of the building. Each row is a wall; the colored runs are its henge, golden and low-sun days.* [Open this wall in Henge Days](https://hengedays.com/at/36.21325,-81.67830?q=I.G.+Greer+Hall%2C+401+Academy+Street%2C+Boone%2C+NC&b=osm%2Fway%2F207902233&facade=17&d=2026-10-22) #### 2 Rankin Science West Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina Wall west-southwest, facing 253° Sun The low evening sun lines up with this wall on Oct 22 to 24. Best: Saturday, October 24 at 6:21 PM, 2.8° above the horizon. Leaves WataugaOnline's fall color report of October 14 described the maples in town as nearing peak ([WataugaOnline.com](https://wataugaonline.com/fall-color-report/)). WUNC reported on September 28 that a warm September could delay the color across western North Carolina ([WUNC](https://www.wunc.org/environment/2026-09-28/western-north-carolina-delay-fall-colors-appalachia-trail-foliage)). Where to stand The wall is the long west side of the building, 51 m, facing Boone Creek and Rivers Street. Stand on the walk between the building and the creek, west-southwest of the wall, with the sun behind you. Stay off Rivers Street. The sun lines up with the wall at 6:18 PM on Thursday, 6:20 PM on Friday and 6:21 PM on Saturday, 3.9, 3.3 and 2.8 degrees up. These are golden days: at the head-on moment the sun is 2 to 6 degrees up. A building toward the sun rises 2.6 degrees in the outlines; its height is an estimate. On Sunday at 6:23 PM the sun is 2.3 degrees up, below that roofline. Computed from the building outline and the sun's position for a level horizon, and not checked on the ground. Boone sits between ridges, so the real sunrise comes later and the real sunset earlier than a level horizon gives, and a ridge can hold back the light at these times. Clear view Clear. No building in the map data rises above the sun (2.8° up) in its direction. One of the three buildings of the Rankin Science complex, with Rankin Science North and South, which hold the departments of biology, geography and planning, and geological and environmental sciences. The first Rankin Science Building was dedicated on October 26, 1963, for James Daniel Rankin, dean of the college until 1955, and an addition on its west side followed at the end of the decade ([App State University Archives](https://collections.library.appstate.edu/node/465), [the dedication](https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/14572)). Sanford Mall is about 250 m east. *The building page in Henge Days. The highlighted walls face 253°, toward the sunset on the days in the row below; every wall carries its bearing.* - **Mon, Oct 19 to Thu, Oct 29, 2026**11 evenings · best Thu, Oct 29 **6:30 PM** Golden sunset, sun 0° up WSW 253° wall Its row in the Henge days list, with the time of the head-on moment on the best day. Save keeps that day in your planner, which can send it to your calendar app. Saving asks you to sign in with an email link; there is no password. *The year for every wall of the building. Each row is a wall; the colored runs are its henge, golden and low-sun days.* [Open this wall in Henge Days](https://hengedays.com/at/36.21406,-81.68164?q=Rankin+Science+West%2C+Appalachian+State+University%2C+Boone%2C+NC&b=osm%2Fway%2F190535412&facade=0&d=2026-10-19) #### 3 Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina Wall west-southwest, facing 252° Sun The low evening sun lines up with this wall on Oct 22 to 24. Best: Saturday, October 24 at 6:17 PM, 3.6° above the horizon. Leaves WataugaOnline's fall color report of October 14 described the maples in town as nearing peak ([WataugaOnline.com](https://wataugaonline.com/fall-color-report/)). WUNC reported on September 28 that a warm September could delay the color across western North Carolina ([WUNC](https://www.wunc.org/environment/2026-09-28/western-north-carolina-delay-fall-colors-appalachia-trail-foliage)). Where to stand The wall is the long west side of the building, 75 m. Stand on the lawn west-southwest of the wall, with the sun behind you. The sun lines up with the wall at 6:14 PM on Thursday, 6:15 PM on Friday and 6:17 PM on Saturday, 4.7, 4.1 and 3.6 degrees up. These are golden days: at the head-on moment the sun is 2 to 6 degrees up. Frank Hall, a residence hall toward the sun, rises 3.0 degrees in the outlines; its height is an estimate. On Sunday at 6:19 PM the sun is level with that roofline. Computed from the building outline and the sun's position for a level horizon, and not checked on the ground. Boone sits between ridges, so the real sunrise comes later and the real sunset earlier than a level horizon gives, and a ridge can hold back the light at these times. Clear view Clear. No building in the map data rises above the sun (3.6° up) in its direction. The campus's main hall for concerts and touring shows, at 733 Rivers Street. It opened in 1974 as Farthing Auditorium, named for the Farthings, alumni of the Appalachian Training School ([App State University Archives](https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/11031)). A renovation paid for by a gift of $7 million from Bonnie and Jamie Schaefer reopened it as the Schaefer Center in July 2013, with about 1,660 seats ([Schaefer Center](https://schaefercenter.appstate.edu/about/)). Kidd Brewer Stadium is about 450 m south. *The building page in Henge Days. The highlighted walls face 252°, toward the sunset on the days in the row below; every wall carries its bearing.* - **Tue, Oct 20 to Sat, Oct 31, 2026**12 evenings · best Sat, Oct 31 **6:29 PM** Golden sunset, sun 0° up WSW 252° wall Its row in the Henge days list, with the time of the head-on moment on the best day. Save keeps that day in your planner, which can send it to your calendar app. Saving asks you to sign in with an email link; there is no password. *The year for every wall of the building. Each row is a wall; the colored runs are its henge, golden and low-sun days.* [Open this wall in Henge Days](https://hengedays.com/at/36.21532,-81.68408?q=Schaefer+Center+for+the+Performing+Arts%2C+733+Rivers+Street%2C+Boone%2C+NC&b=osm%2Fway%2F207905429&facade=0&d=2026-10-20) Family photo spot. Stand the family on the lawn a few steps out from the Schaefer Center's west wall, turned partway toward the camera. The photographer stands west-southwest of them, with the sun low behind and to one side, which lights faces and the wall behind them in the same warm light. Go on Thursday at 6:14 PM, before the walk to the stadium for the 7:00 PM kickoff, or on Saturday at 6:17 PM, after the afternoon at Plemmons. Post it with #HengeDays. Computed from the building outline and the sun's position for a level horizon, and not checked on the ground. The ridges west of town can take the sun before these times, so be there well ahead of them. ### Part 2: downtown Boone Downtown Boone is the few blocks of King Street north of the campus, about 300 m from Sanford Mall. First Baptist Church and the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts stand at its east end, near College Street. The Jones House, the Mast General Store and the Watauga County Courthouse are farther west, past Appalachian Street and Depot Street. The Dan'l Boone Inn restaurant is on Hardin Street, east of downtown. Between Friday's brunch reception and the mock class, or between the Saturday breakfast and the afternoon at Plemmons, downtown is where to walk and eat. The two walls below are at the east end of King Street. #### 4 First Baptist Church Boone, North Carolina Wall east-southeast, facing 107° Sun The low morning sun lines up with this wall on Oct 22 to 23. Best: Friday, October 23 at 8:03 AM, 3.8° above the horizon. Leaves WataugaOnline's fall color report of October 14 described the maples in town as nearing peak ([WataugaOnline.com](https://wataugaonline.com/fall-color-report/)). WUNC reported on September 28 that a warm September could delay the color across western North Carolina ([WUNC](https://www.wunc.org/environment/2026-09-28/western-north-carolina-delay-fall-colors-appalachia-trail-foliage)). Where to stand The wall is the church's east side, 91 m in several sections, facing College Street. Stand on the walks between the church and College Street, east-southeast of the wall, with the sun behind you. Stay out of the street and off King Street. The sun lines up with the wall at 8:05 AM on Thursday and 8:03 AM on Friday, 4.3 and 3.8 degrees up. These are golden days: at the head-on moment the sun is 2 to 6 degrees up. A building toward the sun rises 3.7 degrees in the outlines; its height is an estimate. On Saturday and Sunday the sun is below that roofline at its moment. Computed from the building outline and the sun's position for a level horizon, and not checked on the ground. Boone sits between ridges, so the real sunrise comes later and the real sunset earlier than a level horizon gives, and a ridge can hold back the light at these times. Clear view Clear. No building in the map data rises above the sun (3.8° up) in its direction. A church on West King Street, where the campus meets downtown. It joined the Three Forks Baptist Association on September 1, 1871, and marked 150 years in Boone in 2021 ([Watauga Democrat](https://www.wataugademocrat.com/mountaintimes/news/watauga_county_news/first-baptist-church-celebrates-150-years/article_70baca1e-95c5-5d9e-b831-d3e0efbe1b3c.html)). The University Archives record that B. B. and D. D. Dougherty, the founders of the school, gave the land for the church built in 1911, and another lot in 1957 for an addition ([App State University Archives](https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/8097)). *The building page in Henge Days. The highlighted walls face 107°, toward the sunrise on the days in the row below; every wall carries its bearing.* - **Mon, Oct 19 to Fri, Oct 30, 2026**12 mornings · best Fri, Oct 30 **7:50 AM** Golden sunrise, sun 0° up ESE 107° wall Its row in the Henge days list, with the time of the head-on moment on the best day. Save keeps that day in your planner, which can send it to your calendar app. Saving asks you to sign in with an email link; there is no password. *The year for every wall of the building. Each row is a wall; the colored runs are its henge, golden and low-sun days.* [Open this wall in Henge Days](https://hengedays.com/at/36.21655,-81.67989?q=First+Baptist+Church%2C+375+West+King+Street%2C+Boone%2C+NC&b=osm%2Fway%2F678978349&facade=14&d=2026-10-19) #### 5 The Appalachian Wesley Foundation Boone, North Carolina Wall east-southeast, facing 108° Sun The low morning sun lines up with this wall on Oct 22 to 24. Best: Saturday, October 24 at 8:10 AM, 4.8° above the horizon. Leaves WataugaOnline's fall color report of October 14 described the maples in town as nearing peak ([WataugaOnline.com](https://wataugaonline.com/fall-color-report/)). WUNC reported on September 28 that a warm September could delay the color across western North Carolina ([WUNC](https://www.wunc.org/environment/2026-09-28/western-north-carolina-delay-fall-colors-appalachia-trail-foliage)). Where to stand The wall is the building's east side, 24 m in three short sections. Stand on the walk east-southeast of the building, short of the drive, with the sun behind you. This is a private building, so stay on the walks. The sun lines up with the wall at 8:14 AM on Thursday, 8:12 AM on Friday and 8:10 AM on Saturday, 5.9, 5.4 and 4.8 degrees up. These are golden days: at the head-on moment the sun is 2 to 6 degrees up. First Baptist Church, toward the sun, rises 4.4 degrees in the outlines; its height is an estimate. On Sunday at 8:08 AM the sun is below that roofline. Computed from the building outline and the sun's position for a level horizon, and not checked on the ground. Boone sits between ridges, so the real sunrise comes later and the real sunset earlier than a level horizon gives, and a ridge can hold back the light at these times. Clear view Clear. No building in the map data rises above the sun (4.8° up) in its direction. The campus ministry of the United Methodist Church for App State and the Watauga campus of Caldwell Community College ([Western North Carolina Conference](https://www.wnccumc.org/jobsdetail/12843234)). Its building stands beside the Turchin Center, between King Street and Locust Street, a block west of First Baptist Church. The Jones House and the Mast General Store are a few minutes' walk west along King Street. *The building page in Henge Days. The highlighted walls face 108°, toward the sunrise on the days in the row below; every wall carries its bearing.* - **Thu, Oct 22 to Tue, Nov 3, 2026**13 mornings · best Tue, Nov 3 **6:52 AM** Golden sunrise, sun 0° up ESE 108° wall Its row in the Henge days list, with the time of the head-on moment on the best day. Save keeps that day in your planner, which can send it to your calendar app. Saving asks you to sign in with an email link; there is no password. *The year for every wall of the building. Each row is a wall; the colored runs are its henge, golden and low-sun days.* [Open this wall in Henge Days](https://hengedays.com/at/36.21670,-81.68118?q=The+Appalachian+Wesley+Foundation%2C+Boone%2C+NC&b=osm%2Fway%2F981878660&facade=3&d=2026-10-22) ### When the landmarks line up The buildings a family asks about first do not face this weekend's low sun with a clear view. Their next days, from the same engine: - [Watauga County Courthouse](https://hengedays.com/at/36.22060,-81.68656?q=Watauga+County+Courthouse%2C+842+West+King+Street%2C+Boone%2C+NC&b=osm%2Fway%2F693628870), 842 West King Street: the east-southeast wall, 60 m facing 122 degrees, gets golden morning light from November 30, 2026, to January 11, 2027. - [Jones House](https://hengedays.com/at/36.21863,-81.68304?q=Jones+House%2C+604+West+King+Street%2C+Boone%2C+NC&b=osm%2Fway%2F693628880), 604 West King Street: the east-southeast wall, facing 122 degrees, gets golden morning light from November 28, 2026, to January 13, 2027. - [Mast General Store](https://hengedays.com/at/36.21888,-81.68354?q=Mast+General+Store%2C+630+West+King+Street%2C+Boone%2C+NC&b=osm%2Fway%2F343025724), 630 West King Street: the southeast wall, 45 m facing 125 degrees, gets golden morning light from December 17 to 26, 2026. - [Dan'l Boone Inn](https://hengedays.com/at/36.21590,-81.67495?q=Dan%27l+Boone+Inn%2C+130+Hardin+Street%2C+Boone%2C+NC&b=osm%2Fway%2F992548675), 130 Hardin Street: the east wall, 33 m facing 84 degrees, lines up with the sunrise at the horizon from March 31 to April 2, 2027, and again from September 10 to 12, 2027. - [Plemmons Student Union](https://hengedays.com/at/36.21479,-81.67897?q=Plemmons+Student+Union%2C+Boone%2C+NC&b=osm%2Fway%2F207508934): the east-southeast wall, 74 m facing 114 degrees, lines up with the sunrise at the horizon from November 15 to 19, 2026. - [George M. Holmes Convocation Center](https://hengedays.com/at/36.21069,-81.67588?q=Holmes+Convocation+Center%2C+111+Rivers+Street%2C+Boone%2C+NC&b=osm%2Fway%2F113897518): the west-southwest wall, 96 m facing 248 degrees, lines up with the sunset at the horizon from November 8 to 11, 2026. - [Belk Library and Information Commons](https://hengedays.com/at/36.21550,-81.68040?q=Belk+Library+and+Information+Commons%2C+Boone%2C+NC&b=osm%2Fway%2F112878535): the east-southeast wall, 49 m facing 103 degrees, lines up with the sunrise at the horizon from February 20 to 23, 2027. The west-northwest wall lines up with the sunset at the horizon from May 28 to June 6, 2027. - Kidd Brewer Stadium, Durham Park and the Yosef statue carry no building outline in the map data, so Henge Days has no wall for them. ### How the list was made Henge Days computed every named building within 300 to 400 meters of 11 points: Sanford Mall, Belk Library and the Plemmons Student Union, the Schaefer Center, Kidd Brewer Stadium, Stadium Drive, the Holmes Convocation Center and Durham Park, the west end of Rivers Street, King Street between Appalachian Street and Depot Street, the Watauga County Courthouse, Hardin Street and Howard Street. It used OpenStreetMap outlines. It kept walls where the sun lines up with the wall within 6 degrees of the horizon on at least one day from Thursday, October 22, to Sunday, October 25. It then traced the sun's path from each section of each wall, against every outline it had fetched, and dropped the sections where a neighboring building stands higher than the sun. The check leaves five walls, fewer than this package's other guides. King Street runs at about 108 degrees, close to the bearing of this weekend's sunrise. So the downtown walls that face the sun are the east ends of the blocks, and nearly all stand in a neighbor's shade at that moment. The Turchin Center for the Visual Arts lines up, but its own east wing and First Baptist Church stand in the way. On the campus, Edwin Duncan Hall, Rankin Science North, Smith Wright Hall, Anne Belk Hall and the B.B. Dougherty Administration Building line up with the sunset behind taller neighbors. So do Belk Hall and Thunder Hill Hall, two residence halls. The other halls along Rivers Street and Stadium Drive have no wall the sun lines up with on these days. Rankin Science South, next to entry 2, has a 31 m section with a clear view at nearly the same times and is left out as a near copy of it. Two short walls with a clear view, at the chancellor's residence and a shop on Hardin Street, are left out as private or too short to photograph. The walls that meet the sun at the horizon this weekend, at Grace Lutheran Church and a few apartments and shops near Hardin Street, have buildings in front of them at that moment, and the ridges east of town hide a sun that low. So all five picks are golden days, with the sun 2 to 6 degrees up, and each entry says so. Hills and trees are not part of that check, and the times assume a level horizon. Boone lies in a valley, with ridges to the east and west, so the real sunrise comes later and the real sunset earlier than the times given, and on some days a ridge can take the light from a wall at its moment. Most neighboring buildings carry no height in OpenStreetMap; the check assumed about three stories for them, and each entry says so. Every date and time comes from the Henge Days engine for the wall's own bearing. ### How to read each entry Each entry shows the building as Henge Days shows it. The map marks the building's outline from OpenStreetMap, gives every wall its compass bearing, and highlights the wall that lines up with the sun. Below it are the wall's row from the building's Henge days list, with a Save button that keeps the best day in your planner, and a year of head-on days for every wall. The Clear view line is the result of the check for other buildings on the best day. Any building has a page like the ones above, your student's hall included. Whatever you shoot, post it with #HengeDays: [Look up a building](https://hengedays.com/) [Open your planner](https://hengedays.com/planner) ### Sources - [App State Family Engagement: Family Weekend, October 22 to 25, 2026](https://families.appstate.edu/family-weekend) - [Appalachian State University Events: Fall Family Weekend 2026](https://calendar.appstate.edu/family-weekend-fall-2026) - [App State Athletics: kickoff times and TV for six 2026 football games](https://appstatesports.com/news/2026/5/27/kickoff-times-tv-designations-announced-for-six-football-games-in-2026.aspx) - [App State University Archives: I. G. Greer Hall, 1957](https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/8709) - [NCpedia: Isaac Garfield Greer](https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/greer-isaac-ike-garfield) - [App State University Archives: Rankin Science Building](https://collections.library.appstate.edu/node/465) - [App State University Archives: Rankin Science Building dedication, 1963](https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/14572) - [App State University Archives: Farthing Auditorium, about 1975](https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/11031) - [Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts: about](https://schaefercenter.appstate.edu/about/) - [Watauga Democrat: First Baptist Church celebrates 150 years](https://www.wataugademocrat.com/mountaintimes/news/watauga_county_news/first-baptist-church-celebrates-150-years/article_70baca1e-95c5-5d9e-b831-d3e0efbe1b3c.html) - [App State University Archives: First Baptist Church](https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/8097) - [Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church: Appalachian Wesley Foundation](https://www.wnccumc.org/jobsdetail/12843234) - [WataugaOnline.com: fall color report](https://wataugaonline.com/fall-color-report/) - [WUNC: Western North Carolina could see a delay in this year's fall colors, September 28, 2026](https://www.wunc.org/environment/2026-09-28/western-north-carolina-delay-fall-colors-appalachia-trail-foliage) - [Building outlines: OpenStreetMap contributors](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) ### The newsletter Henge Days also has a newsletter. It covers what each release of the site adds and how to use it, and the buildings the #HengeDays community photographs in head-on light. [Read it on Substack](https://hengedays.substack.com/). The address goes to Substack, which sends the email and asks you to confirm. Henge Days does not keep it. --- Every date and time on Henge Days is computed from a building outline in OpenStreetMap and the position of the sun. Nobody has checked it on the ground. Hills, trees and other buildings can block a low sun. Treat each date as a plan to confirm before you travel. See https://hengedays.com/terms.md. Henge Days is free to use; sign in only to save days to a planner. Contact: hello@hengedays.com.