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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	Barnwell	South Carolina	USA	Vertical Dial	112
	This vertical cast iron dial is a rectangle approximately 30x40 inches mounted on a pole. The Barnwell sundial was a gift to the city in Sept 1858 from state senator J.D. Allen, and has continuously shown civil time - accurate to within two minutes - for over 150 years. The vertical dial has an Equation of Time list of corrections for each week, g...
	Beaufort	South Carolina	USA	Horizontal Dial	1014
	Farenholt sundial for U.S. Naval Hospital Parris Island SC. This cast bronze dial was designed and commissioned by RADM Farenholt for U.S. Naval Hospitals at bases where he was commanding officer, visited, or had special meaning to him. The dial is 18 inches (46cm) in diameter. The outer chapter ring has the motto, followed by a chapter ring with ...
	Charleston	South Carolina	USA	Vertical Dial	361
	A 20-ft (6m) high stone monument with a 2-ft (0.6m) side at the base holds a vertical reclining sundial. The monument at the base includes stones from the thirty-eight home states of those lost at sead during the collision of the USS Hobson (DD-464) and USS Wasp (CV-18). Embedded in the in the monument is a bronze arrow, pointing to the unmarked gr...
	Charleston	South Carolina	USA	Horizontal Dial	718
	A weathered 10 by 15 inch oval marble horizontal dial with bronze gnomon. Dial face has hour lines with Roman numerals showing standard time. Dial sits atop a concrete pedestal with two steps at base. Pedestal has insets on faces, one of which carries a marble plaque with barely readable inscription.
	Hilton Head	South Carolina	USA	Horizontal Dial	1071
	A self-proclaimed "World's Largest Figurative Sundial" centers on a 12 foot (3.6m), 3000 pound (1360 kg) statue of Neptune. His trident, set at an angle of 32 degrees, serves as the gnomon. This massive structure sits on a low dais 26 feet (8m) in diameter, surrounded by low octagonal steps. Neptune is an impressive sculpture by Wayne Edwards. ...
	Murrells Inlet	South Carolina	USA	Horizontal Dial	283
	This graceful 10 foot bronze sundial is a model of Paul Manship's dial "Time and Fates of Man" made for the 1939 New York World's Fair. The 1939 dial was made of plaster and stood 80 feet tall, claiming to be the biggest sundial in the world. Known as Parcae in Roman mythology, and the three fates in Greek mythology, sit under a tree that holds...
	Murrells Inlet	South Carolina	USA	Armillary Sphere	303
	This bronze armillary titled "Cycle of Life"is one of several by Paul Manship in the 20's. The equatorial band has Roman hour numbers on the inside and ornate signs of the zodiac on the outside. Also on the dial are the four elements of earth, fire, water, and air. In the center are three figures of a man, woman, and child symbolizing the cycle o...