Sundials of North America

This is a listing of sundials in the North American Sundial Society Registry. The ordering can be changed using the box above. Or you can search for a dial by number, city, state/province, or type. You can also find sundials in a particular state/province by clicking on the right-column list of state/province names.

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	Bloomfield	Connecticut	USA	Vertical Dial	25
	Vertical dial on an eight ton granite cube, 4 foot (1,2m) on a side. Three vertical dials carved into the east, south and west sides. All three gnomons are missing A similar CIGNA cube dial is in Los Angeles, Union Square. Both dials owned by CIGNA Insurance Co.
	Branford	Connecticut	USA	Equatorial Dial	390
	This large equatorial dial was created as part of a community effort to establish a Natural Habitat park for the town of Branford. The dial is 7 x 6 x 6 feet made of Stony Creek granite and stainless steel, weighing 13,000 pounds. The granite is indigenous to the town. The face of the stone is cut at approximately 41 degrees to match the site l...
	East Hartland	Connecticut	USA	Noon Mark or Meridian Dial	429
	This upright stone was originally a noon marker at Nathaniel Taggart's inn in colonial North Blandford, MA. The stone was moved by Taggart's granddaughter Polly Taggart Church to Harland, CT, where she lived following her marriage. In 1935 the stone was set up in the Hartland Cemetery, casting its noon day shadow onto a flat stone with an engrave...
	Greenwich	Connecticut	USA	Horizontal Dial	345
	Large horizontal dial is 130 ft. diameter and uses 15 hour stones to mark the time. Dial designed by Shope Reno Wharton Associates and built by sculptor Mark Mennin of Bethlehem, CT. The striking gnomon is a bronze tapered spike 8 in. at the base and 35 ft. 2 in. in overall length set in a 4 ft. bronze web, producing a 20 ft. high tip above the av...
	Hartford	Connecticut	USA	Polyhedral Dial	27
	This is an 18th century polyhedral dial (dodecahedron). The dial was originally located at The Abbey, Storrington, Sussex, England. Carved stone with ten dials on a dodecahedral, some sunken, some planar. Pillar is about 12 ft. high.
	Hartford	Connecticut	USA	Equatorial Dial	28
	A bronze equatorial dial presented to the college as a gift from the class of 1889. For its age, it is in remarkably good condition. The 3 foot wide by 2 foot tall half cylinder is engraved with both hour and declination lines. At the noon-equinox point of the dial face a perpendicular pole rises to the centerline of the cylinder and supports a N...
	Middletown	Connecticut	USA	Vertical Dial	922
	This 6 x 6 ft. bronze, vertical sundial faces directly south on the curved sandstone wall of the Observatory. This dial was fabricated of Muntz metal bronze that received a hot applied green patina to compliment the brown sandstone color of this 1916 university observatory. Because of its large size, the metal dial weighs 650 lb. The hour numbers ...
	Mystic	Connecticut	USA	Armillary Sphere	29
	This armillary dial with a sailing ship weather vane is on the cover photo of Albert Waugh's book "Sundials - Their Theory and Construction" (paperback edition). The dial sits atop a short stone platform outside of the Treworgy Planetarium, on the grounds of the Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, CT. To correct solar time to clock time, the dial has...
	Mystic	Connecticut	USA	Vertical Dial	186
	Large slanted vertical dial on 8 ft. by 4 ft. wood rectangle mounted on a wall declining 80:50 east. Shows hours only till 11:30 AM, thus frequently called 'the morning dial'. Dial originally had no motto. Inscription was added later when dial was refurbished. Designed by Albert Waugh and fabricated by Edwin Pugsley.
	Mystic	Connecticut	USA	Vertical Dial	187
	Vertical 7 ft. diameter dial. Dial painted on circular piece of wood with Arabic numerals 6AM-7PM on wall declining 9:10 west. Mounted below peak of building. Smiling sun face at point where gnomon strikes dial plate. Designed by Albert Waugh and built by Edwin Pugsley.
	New Britain	Connecticut	USA	Vertical Dial	111
	A 19 ft steel sculpture named 'Sheng'. Commissioned by the Connecticut Commission on the Arts in 1987 and designed by Robert Adzema. Basically a combination East and West direct dial with a circular gnomon.
	New Haven	Connecticut	USA	Vertical Dial	30
	Vertical dial on Sterling Library. Rectangular stone with hour lines and Arabic numbers. Gnomon is a plain rod emanating from a sunburst. Stonework shows it to be built into the wall of the library.
	New Haven	Connecticut	USA	Cylindrical Dial	664
	A nearly 50 foot tall vertical concave cylindrical projection dial of precast concrete lined with aluminum panels and with an aluminum band projection gnomon. The curvilinear interior surface is inscribed with vertical hour lines and horizontal solstice and equinox marks. The band gnomon features a 2.5 inch diameter hole that projects an image of t...
	New Haven	Connecticut	USA	Horizontal Dial	279
	Large horizontal dial 17 ft. diameter with concrete gnomon 20 ft. high. Hour marks include longitude correction. Dial has a circular layout with a large sundial arm that sprays water on one side, a curved bench for sitting on the opposite side, a wading pool in between and a curved wall with three large oval holes cut out on one side. The sun shin...
	New London	Connecticut	USA	Horizontal Dial	473
	A horizontal dial of striking modern design about 24 inches in diameter. The dial face is granite with milled wedges, leaving hour lines from 6 am to 6 pm. Hours are represented by small round bronze markers. The gnomon is of unusual design. When installed, the gnomon had a vertical glass plate below the style. The dial doubled as a fountain -...
	New Milford	Connecticut	USA	Equatorial Dial	817
	This 9-foot stainless steel equatorial is the centerpiece of "Galileo's Garden". The sundial was built and dedicated in memory of Kathleen Fischer, a sixth-grade science teacher who inspired many students to pursue science. The sundial is an open armillary, with an adjustable hour band so that both local solar time and civil time can be read. At t...
	Newington	Connecticut	USA	Horizontal Dial	83
	Bronze horizontal ring, suspended by curved semi-circles, with gnomon rising from the center toward the North. "...you can see resemblances to an anchor, a gimbal, and a mariner's compass" says designer Searle Lansing-Jones.
	Newington	Connecticut	USA	Analemmatic Dial	1123
	This is an analemmatic sundial designed by a team of four eighth grade students in 2017. This was a project that incorporated four classes: Geometry, 8th Grade Science unit on Solar System, Aerospace Science unit on air navigation, and Engineering Design. The 8th grade class was split into six teams of about four students each in a competition for ...
	Norwich	Connecticut	USA	Horizontal Dial	546
	A well-patinaed horizontal dial placed atop a stone column. Dial sits atop a cast aggregate column.
	Pomfret	Connecticut	USA	Polar Dial	84
	A 22 ft. high stone pillar dial built by William Ross Carpenter as a replica of the famous Charles Turnbull dial of Corpus Christi College in England dating from 1577. The pillar dial, called the Pelican dial, has multiple dials of various types. The Carpenter replica built in 1912 was restored in 1987. Ornate dial furniture with multiple inscri...
	Portland	Connecticut	USA	Horizontal Dial	426
	An 18x18 inch square horizontal sundial with ornate engraving. Along the edge are Roman numerals telling the hours. The gnomon is equally ornate. Both dial plate and gnomon are made of brass. Dial sits on a tapered granite pedestal with a square granite cap.
	Simsbury	Connecticut	USA	Vertical Dial	1146
	Called the Millennium Sundial, this vertical dial is made of wire rods and from a distance is nearly invisible. It declines S-SW and has small hour disks in Roman numerals from 7am to 6pm. The dial also has wire solstice boundaries. This starts to sound like a poorly designed dial, but in fact is a very fine dial, casting its shadow of time onto...
	Storrs	Connecticut	USA	Polar Dial	85
	Waugh memorial dial. Not oriented on cardinal points. It was rotated to avoid tree and adjacent building shadows. Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Lynch Sr., the Alumni Association, and funds raised for the purpose. The stone pillar is 12 ft. high. Constructed by the firm of Kenneth Lynch & Sons.
	Stratford	Connecticut	USA	Vertical Dial	86
	Large vertical dial at the Shakespeare Festival Theatre entrance. The dial is formed around a large circular sunburst with Roman numerals at the edge. Gnomon is missing. Dial declines east and is non-functional for this position and location. Above the dial is a shield. The original sundial was a gift of US Time Corp., as Timex was then known....
	Waterbury	Connecticut	USA	Armillary Sphere	757
	A 24 inch diameter armillary with meridian, horizon, equatorial, tropic, Arctic and Antarctic rings. Equatorial ring is engraved with Roman hour numerals. The dial is supported on a narrow 4 foot tall granite pedestal. The pedestal includes a plaque with an EOT graph and is inscribed to indicate the dial is the Class Gift of 2010.
	Wethersfield	Connecticut	USA	Vertical Dial	1120
	A rectangular vertical sundial, 31 x 45 inches (0.8x1.1m), made of Vermont slate. Engraved with Roman hours from 6am-6pm and hour lines with delineation in quarter hours. The lines and letter engravings are painted black. The gnomon is a brass rod, suspended slightly off the noon line with an elegant "S" brass support. The date engraved on the di...
	Windsor	Connecticut	USA	Equatorial Dial	211
	Equatorial dial about 5 ft. diameter made of brass and stainless steel The analemma is incorporated into the gnomon compensating for equation of time. Equatorial ring is rotated to compensate for difference in longitude to time zone. Designed and built by Physics/Astor Dept, University of Calgary, Alberta Canada. Dial sits atop a stone plinth ma...