NASS

North American Sundial Society

The horizontal dial is sometimes called a "Garden Dial" because it is often found there. Accurately made, these dials can tell time within minutes. Both the gnomon and the dial plate hour lines are made for the dial's latitude.

	Colma	Sundial 21
	State/Province: California	Country: USA
	Dial Type: Horizontal	Condition: Deteriorating
	Latitude:	Longitude:
Location:
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in Colma, just south of San Francisco

Description:
This large ground-level horizontal dial is 50 ft. diameter. Formerly a floral dial with a cypress tree as gnomon and hour lines crafted out of plants such as santilina shrubs, during the 1960's the dial was changed to concrete and aluminum.

General Information:
Owner: Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
Designer:
Builder:

References:
Mayall, p.167, photo.

NASS Sundial Registry