Sundial   369

  • Dial City:    Reston
  • Dial State/Province:    Virginia
  • Dial Country:    USA
  • Lat:  38° 55.553' N
  • Dial Nr:    369
  • Dial Type:    Horizontal Dial
  • Dial Access:    Public
  • Lon:  77° 20.556' W
  • Dial Owner:   
  • Dial Designer:    Wayne Hughes
  • Dial Maker:   
  • Dial Date:    1988
  • Location:
  • At entrance to Vernon Walker Nature Education Center, 11450 Glade Center Drive, Reston, VA
  • Description:
  • A modernistic seven foot diameter flagstone horizontal dial with hour lines. The design features a gnomon of folded stainless steel plate. Gnomon is truncated too short for shadow to reach edge of dial face. See "Sightings" in NASS Compendium Vol. 6 No. 4, Dec 1999.
  • Inscription:
  • "Time takes all but memories. The sundial is dedicated to Vernon J. Walker (1932-1982) for whom sundials were the natural environment. His devoted efforts to increase our awareness of this unity are renewed with each use of this Nature Education Center."
    Other References:
  • NASS Compendium Vol. 6 No. 4 p. 11, Dec 1999
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