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Spots on a mapFamous overlooks and the corners people miss.
Light, tide, weatherKnow when to go, a week ahead.
Tips and photosEvery angle, and the tips that save the shot.

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6,000 photo spots 600+ destinations new spots every week

Never miss a hidden gem again.

Every city has the shot everyone takes, plus a few better ones most people walk right past. Viewfinder puts both on the same map. You find the side street that frames the bridge on this trip, not in someone’s feed after you get home.

  • Tap any pin to see the shot and get directions
  • Filter by nature, hikes, mountains, bridges or the city
  • Zoom in to plan tonight, pull back to plan the next trip
  • Flip to a list of every spot, then slide it down to get back to the map
The map with the Palace of Fine Arts selected: its photo card at the bottom with directions
The spots list over the San Francisco map: Battery Spencer, the Golden Gate Bridge and the Botanical Garden, with a grabber at the top to slide it away

See all the perspectives so you can get the best shots.

One photo tells you a place is worth the trip. Twenty tell you where to stand. Every spot collects the shots other photographers took there, across angles, hours and seasons. You can pick your frame before you arrive and skip the one everyone already has.

  • Every photo credited to the photographer
  • What the spot is known for, at a glance
  • Directions in Apple Maps, and whether you can fly a drone
Battery Spencer in the Marin Headlands: the Golden Gate Bridge rising out of the fog, 20 photos at this spot, and the first of four tips
Kirkjufell in Iceland: the mountain behind its waterfall, 11 photos at this spot

The right light, the right tide.

The same cliff is a postcard at sunrise and a snapshot at noon. Viewfinder tells you when to be there: sunrise, sunset, moonrise, the Milky Way window, the tide and the forecast, seven days out. Every time is shown in the spot’s own time zone, so you can plan a sunrise in Iceland from your couch.

  • Sun, moon and Milky Way times work with no signal
  • High and low tide at every coastal spot
  • Hourly wind and visibility for drones and long exposures
Conditions for Battery Spencer: sunrise 7:18 AM, sunset 6:35 PM, moonrise, low and high tide, a no-fly zone for drones, visibility, the Milky Way at 8:02 PM, and the hourly forecast

Tips from the people who shot it.

These are the things you’d normally learn on your second visit. Which lot fills before sunrise. When the fog pours through the Gate. Which lens stacks the tower against the skyline. Each tip is short, specific and signed by the person who learned it.

  • Every tip has a name on it, so you know who’s talking
  • Parking, access, timing, gear: what guidebooks skip
  • Leave your own and save the next person a scouting trip
Tips for Battery Spencer from Jared Erondu, Joshua Sortino, Connor McSheffrey and Jeremy Goldberg: the lot at the top holds only a handful of cars; summer fog usually pours through the gate in the late afternoon; bring a long lens

Nearby, or anywhere.

Landed somewhere new with an hour of light left? Viewfinder shows what’s worth shooting around you and how far each spot is. If you’re planning further out, search any city, park or landmark and scout it from home.

  • What’s close, and the nearest spot when nothing is
  • Every destination opens to its own map and its best spots
  • Saved spots become a map of your own
Near me, in Jupiter, Florida: no spots nearby yet, and the closest, Biscayne National Park, 99 miles away
Searching for lake: Crater Lake and the Lake District, then the top spots: Moraine Lake, Lake Louise, Peyto Lake

A world of spots, in your pocket.

Destinations: San Francisco, 35 spots; Iceland, 49 spots; the Southwest, 13 spots
600+ destinations, each with its own map
A grid of photos at Battery Spencer
Every photo from one spot, side by side
Filters: all spots, top spots, new spots, favorites; known for nature, hike, mountain
Narrow the map to what you came for
The map of Iceland with photo pins along the south coast
Iceland, mapped before you land
A profile's spots on the map
The spots you’ve saved, on your own map
The photo viewer: Golden Gate Emergence by Joshua Sortino
Full screen, with the photographer’s name

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