North American Sundial Society

Sundials of North America

This is a complete listing of sundials in the North American Sundial Society Registry. Click on any dial thumbnail picture or city name to display the full dial listing and images. To see sundials from a particular state or province, you may click on the list at right to see all registered sundials in that state, province or country (at bottom) displayed in city order.

You may also type into the NASS search field at upper right any search word such as "equatorial" to get a list of all articles mentioning equatorial dials and a list of all equatorial sundials in the registry. (Try other dial types: "vertical", "horizontal", etc).

	New Bedford	Massachusetts	USA	Vertical Dial	Dial 163
	1820 Federal style building owned by the Univ. of Mass. at Dartmouth. Referred to as the Sundial building because of a vertical dial over the main entrance.
	Burlington	Vermont	USA	Vertical Dial	Dial 161
	2'8" x 2' oval. Probably of Bronze. Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Willard Pope. Planned by Prof. Betty Bandel. Hour lines are curved to compensate for EoT. Rings indicate months. Difficult to read due to height above ground. (ca. 12' above ground level.) Dial faces approx 5 degrees East of due South. Built by W. M. Schenk.
	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	USA	Horizontal Dial	Dial 160
	A 1 foot diameter bronze horizontal dial. It was presented by National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors in 1991. However, the style angle is 52?.
	Laramie	Wyoming	USA	Horizontal Dial	Dial 159
	An ornate 18 inch brass horizontal dial sits on a massive four-stone block pedestal. The dial has hour lines from 4am to 8pm, with hours in roman numerals. Time is graduated into 5-minute intervals. The 12-noon mark is 3/8 inch wide, allowing for the gnomon which is missing.
	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	USA	Analemmatic Dial	Dial 158
	Analemmatic dial with bronze standing figures.
	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	USA	Horizontal Dial	Dial 157
	A 1 foot diameter bronze horizontal dial on a square granite pedestal 3 feet tall. Possibly made in 18th century. Beautiful engraving.
	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	USA	Horizontal Dial	Dial 156
	A 1 foot diameter bronze horizontal dial in backyard garden. May be from 18th century. Gnomon is shaky for its bolts are loose. Style angle is about 51?, an angle for London, not for Philadelphia.
	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	USA	Vertical Dial	Dial 151
	Vertical dial on building. Recent stucco on building, resulting in no hour lines. Only a small gnomon below a second story window.
	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	USA	Horizontal Dial	Dial 150
	A 21 inch diameter horizontal dial on three foot brick pedestal. Hour lines only. Gnomon reclined. Made in 1989 to commemorate Bicentennial of the General Assembly Presbyterian Church (USA). Visible through locked gates.
	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	USA	Vertical Dial	Dial 149
	On wall of the passage from hallway to kitchen inside the house, just for exhibition. 9.5 x 19 inches, rough wood painted in black, roman numerals from 8 am to 5 pm on 1.5 inches wide frame, it was for hanging on a declining wall. Black iron gnomon rod, 1 foot in length, is supported with iron vine which is fixed to a point on the dial plate about 1.5 inches from the noon line. Unfortunately, the gnomon seems twisted, so that it points down over the noon line, like those for dials facing true south. Admission fee: $5.00 for guided tour. No photo allowed inside.
	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	USA	Horizontal Dial	Dial 148
	Horizontal dial approximately one foot diameter mounted on old stone atop a 3 foot stone pedestal. It is sitting against north wall of the garden and not aligned in proper direction. Plaque at the base states "This sundial stood for over a century in the gardens of Dorchester House, Park Lane, London, England. Presented by The Soroptomist Club of Philadelphia, December 23, 1935". This may be true for the dial plate because the hour angles indicate a latitude of 51°, the London latitude. It may not be true for the gnomon, whose style angle is 40°, the Philadelphia latitude. Access by taking guided tour, $5; then ask for garden.
	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	USA	Vertical Dial	Dial 147
	A vertical dial within a bronze sunflower held overhead in the outstretched arms of the bronze sculpture of two children.
	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	USA	Horizontal Dial	Dial 146
	A 10 inch diameter horizontal dial on a 40 inch tall square marble pedestal with dedication plaque. Gnomon is missing.
	Sparkill	New York	USA	Vertical Dial	Dial 145
	11' H x 7' W x 2' D. Mosaic tile and bronze Entitled 'Thorpe Village Sundial'
	Brooklyn	New York	USA	Vertical Dial	Dial 144
	10' H x 7' W x 2' D Wood and stainless steel Entitled 'Sundial and Arches'
	Carona Queens	New York	USA	Equatorial Dial	Dial 143
	11' H x 18' W x 11' D Bronze on Granite base Entitled 'Crack of Dawn Sundial.' Equatorial type, using a slot of sunlight as the gnomon
	Port Richmond, Staten Island	New York	USA	Vertical Dial	Dial 142
	17' H x 11' W x 8' D Painted steel with stainless steel wire cloth Noon mark and analemma features made of concrete and brass.
	Cove	Oregon	USA	Equatorial Dial	Dial 141
	An unusual sun sculpture 5 foot tall and approximately 20 inches in width and depth. Has hour and minute markings arranged on horizontal members. A 1/4 inch steel rod functions as the gnomon. The dial is set to read Pacific Daylight Solar Time, with a stated accuracy of 15 seconds of time.
	New York	New York	USA	Equatorial Dial	Dial 140
	A 20' H x 10' W x 5' D Equatorial in Bronze and Stainless Steel. Entitled "Song to the Sun." Dial by Robert Adzema; gift of George and Annette Murphy in 1984.
	Franklin Center	Pennsylvania	USA	Equatorial Dial	Dial 139
	A modernistic equatorial dial about 6 feet in diameter. The analemma shaped gnomon casts standard time onto a wide metal semicircle band. The hours with 10-minute marks are inscribed on the center of the equatorial band. This unique sundial tells the time, indicates the approximate day of the month and projects the zodiacal constellation signs as they are aligned with the sun and the earth in this era. It is accurate to within two minutes.