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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	Amherst	Nova Scotia	Canada	Horizontal Dial	472
	A Centennial Dial for Amherst, this is a square horizontal dial with clean design about 18 x 18 inches. The dial face and triangular gnomon are cast bronze sitting upon a granite pedestal. The dial has hour lines and Roman numerals from IIII (morning) to VIII (evening) and tick marks for the quarter hours. An accompanying display explains the fu...
	Gabarus	Nova Scotia	Canada	Equatorial Dial	1128
	An equatorial sundial of aluminum with stencil-punched hours from 5am to 8pm. No hour marks are used. The sundial works from March 21st until September 21st when the sun is above the celestial equator. The dial was commissioned for the 550th birthday of Nicholas Copernicus (Mikolaj Kopernik) and was developed by Cape Breton's Polish community in...
	Halifax	Nova Scotia	Canada	Horizontal Dial	93
	Bronze horizontal dial on a granite base. Has Roman numerals showing time noting "Mean solar time in Halifax is 1 hour and 14 minutes behind Atlantic Standard Time."
	Halifax	Nova Scotia	Canada	Horizontal Dial	455
	This bronze horizontal dial is approximately 25 cm across on a one-meter high pedestal. Both the dial and dedication plate have a blue-green patina. The gnomon is slightly bent and appears to have been re-attached to the dial. The orientation remains true. Roman numerals mark the hours from 5 am to 7 pm. Hour lines plus half-hour marks. The con...
	Halifax	Nova Scotia	Canada	Horizontal Dial	1100
	A bronze horizontal dial 36cm (14 in) in diameter with chapter ring of Roman numeral hours from V (am) to VII (pm). Hours are delineated in quarter hours and extend from 4am to 8pm (unmarked). Noon is designated by an "O". Gnomon has the inset profile of a bird. At south is father time with a scythe. The conglomerate pedestal is slowly disint...
	Halifax	Nova Scotia	Canada	Horizontal Dial	337
	The dial is 8-ft (2.4m) in diameter, sitting level with the ground, encircled by Roman numerals for the hours. The gnomon is concrete, stone, standing about 4-ft (1.2m) high Unfortunately the dial cannot tell correct solar time as the gnomon is displaced south of the 6am-6pm line. Nevertheless, it is a memorial to the original black residents w...
	Halifax	Nova Scotia	Canada	Armillary Sphere	343
	This armillary sphere, made of steel and brass, is approximately 2 meters tall. The dial is the result of a collaboration between students from the 1997 Industrial Engineering class of the Technical University of Nova Scotia (now called DAL TECH) and a local shipbuilding firm who did the construction. The theme of industrial engineering is reflec...
	Mount Uniacke	Nova Scotia	Canada	Horizontal Dial	402
	A faithful fiberglass replica of an ornate bronze horizontal dial stands on the Uniacke Estate. The dial is about 40 cm diameter, with a sunburst in the center showing the 16 cardinal points and intricate markings typical of a 19th century dial. Surrounding the cardinal points is a ring engraved "Watch Faster, Watch Slower" with the equation of t...
	Starr's Point	Nova Scotia	Canada	Horizontal Dial	407
	A small horizontal dial, 8-inches in diameter. The dial is a fiberglass reproduction with metal gnomon upon a cement pedestal. The original dial dates from the 1820s and judging from the reproduction, is in very poor condition. Has Roman numerals, but the hour lines do not agree with the gnomon position. Very difficult to read. North edge of g...
	Sydney	Nova Scotia	Canada	Armillary Sphere	638
	An armillary sphere constructed from a large, dual-loop aluminum radio direction finding antenna. Outer ring is 80 cm (31.5 inch) diameter mounted on a 1.3 m (51 inch) pipe pedestal. Hour ring is stainless steel and marked in ten minute intervals showing local apparent time. A nearby plaque provides Equation of Time conversion to standard time. A s...
	Windsor	Nova Scotia	Canada	Horizontal Dial	406
	A small horizontal dial with an 11-inch square base. The dial was made in 1845, but the original was damaged by vandals. There now exists a fiberglass reproduction of the dial with metal gnomon on a cast cement base. The dial has Arabic numerals indicating 4 a.m. to 8 p.m. and corresponding hour lines. The dial is located on the grounds of the ...