With thousands of people projected to travel to this area in the path of totality to see the wonder in the sky, many will stay after the skies get dark for the second time that day.

But most lodging places are reporting being sold out on Sunday night, the day before the eclipse. Some are filling up over the weekend leading up to the big event, seeing much higher occupancy rates than are typical in this time of year — mud season in the Adirondacks. The state Department of Homeland Security is estimating 170,000 people will be in the area between Plattsburgh and Watertown.

Exactly how many people will be coming is impossible to tell. There are dozens and dozens of official hotels, motels, cabins and inns around the region, and no real central database of their occupancy.

Short-term rentals, bed and breakfast spots and other seasonal or tucked away types of rentals are harder to get a hold on, but also appear to be running short on supply. Many locals are hosting family or friends in their homes. Then there are the daytrippers — people from outside the region who will drive in just for the day, watch the eclipse and leave to go back home.

Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism Communications Manager Jane Hooper estimates there are around 1,900 to 2,000 rooms in Lake Placid among the major lodging centers. In Saranac Lake, she said the “biggies” — not including bed and breakfast spots or cottages — make 364 rooms. In Tupper Lake, which has mostly motels, she counted 100 rooms. Hooper gave the caveat that this is “not scientific” at all. But anecdotally, she said that all of these rooms are full or nearly full.

She said this holds true for the Tri-Lakes but also across the Adirondacks, which is in the center of totality.

ROOST Saranac Lake Regional Manager Kenzie Marine said most hotels have been at 80% occupancy since the summertime.

ROOST Marketing Director Michelle Clement said people started booking last year, especially in Tupper Lake, since the Adirondack Sky Center and Observatory started promoting the eclipse event earlier than most.

Christine Rutledge, senior sales manager for the Saranac Waterfront Lodge and a member of the Saranac Lake eclipse planning committee said in Saranac Lake, every major hotel is 100% full on either Sunday or Monday night. The Saranac Waterfront Lodge itself is full on Sunday, with only a few spots left on Monday and at over 50% occupancy on Saturday.

Rutledge said the Hotel Saranac, Gauthiers Inn, Sara-Placid Inn and the Ashley are also all full at some point over the weekend. Several hotels being fully booked at the same time is not uncommon, Rutledge said, but typically this happens on summer holiday weekends with weddings in town.

“Not in April, for sure,” she said.

Kristina Clifford, of Say Rentals, rents 15 short-term rentals in the Saranac Lake and Lake Clear area.

“They are renting more than they do for (Saranac Lake) Winter Carnival even,” Clifford said. “And at higher prices.”

All others she talks to in the industry are reporting similar experiences.

She rented a one-bedroom apartment for $400 a night with a three-night minimum.

She hadn’t been born yet, but this makes her feel like how people describe the 1980 Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid, with many people renting out their homes and going on vacation to escape the crowds. This leads to more people renting STRs then typical.

Clifford said when she looked at Airbnb on Wednesday, there was only one listing in Saranac Lake, one in Lake Clear and a house in Lake Placid for $3,000 a night.

“People have camp spots and campers on here,” she said.

Clifford said she’s had a couple cancellations — mostly due to concerns over the traffic and the weather.

Anna Wojtas said the Sunset Park Motel’s 11 rooms in Tupper Lake have been booked from Friday to Tuesday since Jan. 1, and she’s also rented two STRs from Saturday to Tuesday.

Stacey Allott from the Traverse Lodge in Saranac Lake said her seven rooms and two cabins are fully booked with most people staying two to three nights.

The Best Western’s 48 rooms in Lake Placid are only 14% full on Friday and 49% full on Saturday. But Sunday and Monday are both 100% full. On Tuesday it is back to 12% full.

The Bluebird Hotel in Lake Placid is sold out on April 7, the day before the eclipse. But it does have availability still on April 5, 6, and 8. The hotel is still in the “renovation stages” but currently has 90 of its planned 110 rooms open.

The Cambria Lake Placid Lakeside Resort’s Director of Sales and Marketing Lori Fitzgerald said the hotel’s 185 rooms are “light” on Friday, more than 70% booked on Saturday, sold out on Sunday and nearly sold out on Monday.

Tupper Lake Motel is reporting its 18 rooms are fully booked from April 6 to 8, and staff there have been getting at least 35 calls per day for the last month asking if they have rooms open.

“I’m sure if I had 200 rooms I would be able to rent them all,” an owner of the motel said. “The phone will not stop ringing!”

The reservations started last December, and people are reportedly coming from places like Canada and even Germany for the eclipse.

Northwood Cabins co-owner Brian Burns said their Tupper Lake cabins are seasonal and not open during the eclipse.

“It was a difficult choice as we have had so many requests,” Burns said.

But they will be volunteering at events around town.