Northville  

 Sundial: 1148
State/Province:  Michigan Country:  USA
Dial Type:  Analemmatic Condition:  Excellent
  Latitude and Longitude: 42° 25.982' N  83° 28.760' W
Location:
  • Off Griswold Street at Mill Race Historical Village. From the parking lot, enter the village, immediately turn right at the historic railroad stop and tracks and continue straight to the sundial on the grass at the far end of the green.
 
Description:
  • This is a human (analemmatic) sundial built into a grassy landscape. At the center is the Zodiac Walkway with stone slabs labeled with the months of the year, arranged in two vertical columns from January through December. A plaque indicates the user to stand on this central walkway according to the month of the year. An ellipse of hour marks surround the walkway from 8am to 7pm. When someone stands at the center line adjacent to the month, their shadow falls across the current time of day. The hours are set for daylight saving time and corrected longitude by 34 minutes to the Eastern Time Zone, thus showing approximately 1:34 at the north point of the hour mark ellipse.
 
General Information:Inscription:
  • Owner: Mill Race Historic Village
  • Plaque with instructions of where to stand and
    "Eagle Scout Project - Human Sundial
    Violet Culp
    Troop 755,- August 2025"
  • Designer: Violet Culp
  • Builder: Violet Culp
  • Construction Date: August 2025
 

Last Revised: 2025-12-20 3`4:17