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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	Redding	California	USA	Horizontal Dial	518
	When is a bridge not a bridge? When it's almost a sundial. The 217 foot high suspension span called Sundial Bridge wants to be a sundial, and has come very close. The suspension pylon is aligned true north, but unfortunately performs as an inaccurate gnomon with an inclination of 49 deg (for bridge functionality) rather than for the 40.6 deg la...
	Farrell	Pennsylvania	USA	Sculpture or Artwork	519
	"Rising Rings" is a cast iron band 11 feet high by 17 feet in diameter with a hole that casts a beam of light onto a central ring monument on the equinoxes. The dial was commissioned by Dr. Swraj Paul, a steel mill owner, to honor his daughter Ambika who died in 1968 of leukemia at age four. This monument honors the inspiration her joy of life in...
	Berryville	Virginia	USA	Horizontal Dial	520
	This lovely horizontal dial was originally located in New York City NY on the grounds of the Doubleday & Co. book manufacturing plant. It was subsequently moved to Berryville VA in 1956, and is now part of Berryville Graphics. The sundial stands about 4 feet high and has a brass reproduction of the Gutenberg Bible of Forty Two Lines (originally...
	Graylake	Illinois	USA	Sun Alignment	521
	"Sun Pivot" is a set of vertical "gatestones" that allow the viewing of two major solar alignments: The summer sunrise stone is set about 33 degrees north of east while the equinox stone is set due east. The angular cuts in the gatestones allows the framing of the sunrise event above the stones, which are set about 200 feet away in a field of p...
	Sebastopol	California	USA	Globe or Scaphe Dial	522
	The sundial is a cement globe of the earth 28 inches in diameter inclined at 40 degrees, a bit off the site's 38' 20" N latitude. The globe is oriented with the site longitude on the upper meridian so that shadows across the globe represent the true sun angle at that moment. A rod through the globe casts a shadow onto the north polar regions in ...
	Amherst	Massachusetts	USA	Sun Alignment	523
	On the fields of U-Mass is a work called "sunwheel" that is a modern presentation of an American Indian sun-wheel. A circle 130 feet in diameter has 14 major stones weighing 56 tons, 12 minor stones, and 4 flat stones at the center. 2 major stones mark the N and S cardinal points; a pair of portal stones mark the E and W points allowing an unint...
	Renton	Washington	USA	Horizontal Dial	524
	A 44 x 60 foot horizontal dial with 20 foot tall stainless steel gnomon. This may be the largest horizontal dial in the state of Washington. Five colors of concrete define distinct parts of the dial and pathways (the 8 o?clock and 5 o?clock hour lines are walkways between buildings). Other hour lines have concrete benches and stainless steel discs ...
	St. Louis	Missouri	USA	Horizontal Dial	525
	This horizontal sundial is a 30 inch diameter and 1.5 inch thick sealed, copper-coated steel plate with cast lead hour markers and weighs 250 pounds. Built in 2002, it was installed in September, 2004 in a private home rear yard. Dial is supported by 6x6 inch pressure treated wood post with 4x4 inch cross frame. Viewing can be arranged by contactin...
	Crestwood	Missouri	USA	Analemmatic Dial	526
	This is a colorful analemmatic sundial 18 feet 6 inches overall diameter built of colored concrete. It is located on the grounds of a private elementary school in an area designated as a Sundial Garden. The sundial is surrounded by elevated flower planter boxes. The E-W markers are 10 feet apart and the date line is marked. The dial face shows the ...
	Orange	Massachusetts	USA	Vertical Dial	527
	A vertical sundial built from Eastern White Pine local-grown timber. The dial face is 35x44 inches and the gnomon is a 3 inch long aluminum rod. Hour lines include analemmas and the spring and fall lines are painted different colors with corresponding dates identified. Solstice and equinox lines are shown.
	Granville	Ohio	USA	Horizontal Dial	528
	This horizontal sundial is built on a one-meter cube of red granite with a cast bronze gnomon supported by a cast bronze Pegasus modeled by New York artist Carl Paul Jennewein. The dial's plaza location overlooks the village of Granville and the valley beyond to the south. The dial is a tribute to Clifford S. Stilwell (Denison Class of 1912) who wa...
	Fullerton	California	USA	Horizontal Dial	529
	This 18-inch cast bronze horizontal dial is located in front of Heritage House, the relocated office and home of early Fullerton physician Dr. George C. Clark. The gnomon edge is tapered to a single style. Dial sits atop a cylindrical cast concrete pedestal 28-inches high.
	Greenville	Delaware	USA	Equatorial Dial	530
	A 15-inch cast aluminum equatorial sundial designed and built by Richard Schmoyer originally installed in 1972 and replaced in 1985 after theft. A three-dimensional analemmic gnomon corrects for Equation of Time. The observatory is open to the public every weekday morning.
	Heber City	Utah	USA	Horizontal Dial	531
	A 51 x 36 foot horizontal dial with a 21 foot welded silicon bronze gnomon standing 14 feet high. The hour lines are copper inlaid in concrete and the hour markers are 4 inch high bronze Arabic numerals. At solar noon, sunlight passing through a slit in the gnomon illuminates the noon marker with a line of sunlight while prisms on the end of the gn...
	Saratoga Springs	New York	USA	Horizontal Dial	532
	A marble horizontal dial on marble sculpture pedestal. The original bronze Treble Cleft gnomon is now missing.
	Tucson	Arizona	USA	Vertical Dial	533
	A declining vertical stained glass "Gecko" sundial 58 x 20 inches consisting of 153 colored glass pieces and exterior rod gnomon with triangular base. Paintings on 11 glass pieces use vitreous kiln-fired enamels and stains. Dial and four adjacent panels consisting of 540 glass pieces are set in bay window overlooking succulent garden containing add...
	Woodbridge	Virginia	USA	Horizontal Dial	534
	A large 62 foot diameter horizontal sundial of grey concrete and brick with a 10 foot high steel gnomon. The dial was designed to memorialize the victims of the 9/11/2001 terrorism and includes four inlaid plaques on which the gnomon shadow falls at 8:45, 9:03, 9:37 and 10:07 AM, the times of the four air crashes. Hour markers are inset brass Roman...
	Pearl City, Oahu	Hawaii	USA	Horizontal Dial	535
	A 28 foot stone horizontal dial with 8 foot high black wood and fiberglass gnomon located in a children's Sundial Garden. Hour markers are Roman numerals cast into concrete blocks. Dial is screened by koa and lonomea trees.
	Culver City	California	USA	Equatorial Dial	536
	Located near the edge of a hill in Culver Park, this dial commands a fine view of the surrounding communities. The equatorial dial face is a six foot diameter, six inch thick brass ring supported by a 24 foot long steel gnomon six inches in diameter. The gnomon is anchored in a concrete oval-shaped base covered with tile and mosaics. The base and t...
	Merida	Yucatan	Mexico	Vertical Dial	537
	This is south-facing vertical or scratch dial with horizontal gnomon and located on the roof at the front of an early church monastery cloister. The stone dial is approximately 3 feet square. The north face is similarly inscribed. This is among the earliest sundials in North America.
	Merida	Yucatan	Mexico	Equatorial Dial	538
	Generally identified as an equatorial, this stone cylindrical cavity dial uses the extremities of the semicircular dial plate as two independent styles. The dial face is marked with six equally-spaced hour lines with minor subdivisions. The east style casts the 6 AM to noon shadow while the west style casts the noon to 6 PM shadow. No construction ...
	Halton Hills	Ontario	Canada	Analemmatic Dial	539
	A stone analemmatic dial with engraved seasonal dates and brass hour markers. The dial is located in Lucy Maude Montgomery Garden, built to celebrate the author of the Anne of Green Gable stories and who lived in Norval, now known as Halton Hills.
	Lakewood	New Jersey	USA	Horizontal Dial	540
	A horizontal dial of cast brass or bronze with a 2-foot diameter dial face showing hours in Roman and Arabic numerals. Coordinates and EOT corrections are shown as is the university motto, "Georgian Court: Bonitas, Disciplina, Scientia." Sundial face is also the sun in a scale model of the solar system, with the planets depicted in brass plaques pl...
	Gila	New Mexico	USA	Polar Dial	541
	An 8x4 foot painted plywood polar dial. Contact owner M. Cuff for access.
	Springfield	Vermont	USA	Vertical Dial	542
	A 52x55 inch painted wood vertical dial designed and built by Russell Porter. The wood gnomon is stabilized by copper sheet. Available for viewing at the summer Stellafane Telescope Makers conference or by arrangement by email with owner.
	Kaneohe	Hawaii	USA	Armillary Sphere	543
	A 32-inch diameter bronze armillary dial with extensive Polynesian-themed motif. An integral plaque provides corrections for EOT and longitude within HST. The armillary includes ten bronze rings: horizon; solstitial colure (meridian); equinoctial (equator); Tropic of Cancer; Tropic of Capricorn; Arctic circle; Antarctic circle; "prime vertical circ...
	Tucson	Arizona	USA	Vertical Dial	544
	Four vertical dials on the faces of a 100-inch tall redwood cupola on the roof of a private residence. The 21-inch dial faces are kiln-fired porcelain on steel; the bezels and gnomons are copper. The dials are longitude corrected for MST. Three dials have solar noon marks.
	Lampeter	Pennsylvania	USA	Vertical Dial	545
	A 32x64-inch cast stone vertical declining dial located 25 feet up a vertical column at the school's entrance. An EOT plaque is located below the dial.
	Norwich	Connecticut	USA	Horizontal Dial	546
	A well-patinaed horizontal dial placed atop a stone column. Dial sits atop a cast aggregate column.
	Elburn	Illinois	USA	Horizontal Dial	547
	A 30-inch diameter cast bronze dial with natural patina after more than 30 years exposure. Replaces a "garden" dial donated by Class of 1967 but destroyed by vandals. Dial is located on campus of private school but available for viewing during daylight hours.
	Delphos	Ohio	USA	Horizontal Dial	548
	A horizontal dial on a stone block. Dedicated to Leslie C. Peltier, recognized as "World's greatest non-professional astronomer" by Harvard Observatory. Dial sits atop a stone block, possibly marble.
	Claremore	Oklahoma	USA	Horizontal Dial	549
	A 24x36 foot all-concrete horizontal dial with marks to indicate summer solstice and equinox. Located on private property; contact owner Dan Wilson to arrange viewing.
	Sheboygan Falls	Wisconsin	USA	Horizontal Dial	550
	A 20 inch octagonal dial of bluestone on a 28 inch high base. The gnomon matches the latitude angle and the hour lines are approximate for a generalized geographic area.
	Seaside	Florida	USA	Horizontal Dial	551
	A large horizontal dial with a steel gnomon much larger than the dial itself, yet aesthetically pleasing. The dial itself is an oval approximate 3 by 4 feet (1m by 1.1m) of concrete with bronze hour lines and numbers from 6am to 7pm. The dial and gnomon are surrounded by gravel, set in the center of a plaza contained by a 30 foot (10m) diameter h...
	Jemez Springs	New Mexico	USA	Analemmatic Dial	552
	Analemmatic dial of cast concrete 6m E-W by 2.2m N-S
	St. Louis	Missouri	USA	Vertical Dial	553
	A vertical dial of limestone and copper held in the hands of an angle statue.
	Englewood	Colorado	USA	Gnomonic or Projection Dial	555
	An internal cylindrical dial on the walls of the entrance tower to the Science Building of Kent Denver School. A glass-covered 1/8 inch aperture in the center of ceiling dome projects a spot light onto the inner vertical cylindrical wall of the vestibule. Aluminum strips mark the solar altitude and azimuth. Bronze strips mark the equinox and summer...
	Cambridge	Massachusetts	USA	Horizontal Dial	556
	A stone horizontal dial on a pedestal about 4 ft. high donated to Harvard by class of 1870.
	Cambridge	Massachusetts	USA	Horizontal Dial	557
	A well-patinaed horizontal bronze dial on a stone pillar.
	Woodside	California	USA	Horizontal Dial	558
	A 15 inch diameter well-patinaed horizontal bronze dial on a stone pillar. This dial was designed for a different location. The hour lines are cut for 50? N; the gnomon angle is 46.5? and is miss-located on the dial face.
	Grand Falls - Grand-Sault	New Brunswick	Canada	Horizontal Dial	559
	A horizontal dial using a 12 foot diameter blackened steel ring dial face and 8 foot high blackened steel gnomon. Dial face uses Roman numerals with XII at north.
	Humboldt	Saskatchewan	Canada	Armillary Sphere	560
	An equatorial armillary.
	Little Rock	Arkansas	USA	Vertical Dial	561
	A 36-inch radius antiqued brass vertical dial declining 16.3° east of south mounted on exterior wall of private home. A separate bronze plaque shows EOT, dial coordinates and motto. Viewing of dial can be arranged by calling the owner.
	Lake Wales	Florida	USA	Analemmatic Dial	562
	A large stone analemmatic in the Endangered Plant Garden.
	New York	New York	USA	Vertical Dial	563
	A large vertical dial declining east approximately 45? and displaying fanciful furniture. Hour lines are present but are difficult to see; hour numerals are not shown. Summer and winter solstice lines are shown with the winter solstice line near the gnomon foot because of the declination. The curved line shown for the equinox should be straight. S...
	Habana	La Habana	Cuba	Horizontal Dial	564
	A monumental horizontal dial with rod gnomon and central cannon. First documented sundial in Cuba.
	Flemington	New Jersey	USA	Horizontal Dial	565
	A 12x9-inch combination equatorial and polar dial made of stainless steel and titanium. Solstice and equinox lines are shown on the polar dial face. This sundial is located in the park behind the old county courthouse where the Lindburgh baby kidnapping trail was held.
	Tucson	Arizona	USA	Vertical Dial	566
	A vertical 44x92 inch dial declining 4.53? east of south painted on the rough textured stucco wall of a private home. The 2x4 inch tall conical horizontal gnomon is gold plated brass. The dial face is hand painted with elastomeric acrylic exterior house paint. The horizontal conical gnomon optimizes the nodus shadow at the location low latitude to ...
	Albuquerque	New Mexico	USA	Vertical Dial	567
	A vertical "Icarus Sundial" of bronze, copper and ceramic 86 inch high x 48 inch wide on a 30 inch high pedestal in front of the Explora science museum. The gnomon depicts Icarus falling; the back side depicts Icarus ascending toward the sun. The pedestal is placed within a 20 foot concrete circle showing a labyrinth defined by a sandblasted path o...
	Gallup	New Mexico	USA	Horizontal Dial	568
	An 18 inch diameter horizontal dial of welded steel with a naturally weathered rusty brown finish. The hour lines are corrected for longitude and summer and winter solstice lines are shown.