US road trip and national park tools

Trip Planning Lists and Sky Tools

These tools help you prepare a trip. The packing list, camping checklist and itinerary template print or save as PDF. The golden hour calculator, sunrise and sunset calendar and Bortle scale converter give light and sky information for a place and date.

Tools in this group

  • Bortle Dark Sky Scale Converter — Enter an SQM reading or the faintest star you can see to get your Bortle class, from 1 (darkest) to 9 (inner city).
  • Camping Checklist Generator — Pick your camping style, nights, people and weather to get a printable camping list you can tick off as you pack.
  • Golden Hour Calculator — Pick a national park or a location and a date to get the golden hour and blue hour times, morning and evening.
  • Road Trip Packing List — Set the trip length, who is coming and what you drive to get a printable road trip checklist, car checks first.
  • Sunrise and Sunset Schedule Calendar — Choose a place and a month or a whole year to get a printable table of sunrise, sunset, day length and twilight for every day.
  • Travel Itinerary Template — Fill in a day-by-day trip plan in your browser, with dates filled in from your start date, then print it or save it as a PDF.