Sundial 773
- Dial City: Reston
- Dial State/Province: Virginia
- Dial Country: USA
- Lat: 38° 58.845' N
- Dial Nr: 773
- Dial Type: Analemmatic Dial
- Dial Access: Public
- Lon: 77° 21.524' W
- Dial Owner: Fairfax County Public Schools
- Dial Designer: Dr. Robert Kellogg for dial calculations; Andrew Black designed the date line artwork.
- Dial Maker: William T. Spriggs
- Dial Date: 30-Mar-13
- Location:
- Neil Armstrong Elementary School 11900 Lake Newport Road Reston
- Description:
- An analemmatic dial with 8 foot semimajor axis painted on the asphalt playground of the Neil Armstrong Elementary School. Hour marks for 5 AM to 7 PM include longitude correction; Arabic hour numerals for both standard and daylight saving time are shown. The date line is decorated in bright colors with icons symbolic of holidays and seasonal weather. The dial was the Boy Scout Eagle Service Project of William T. Spriggs and was painted by local Boy Scouts and their fathers.
Last Update:
6/13/2013 15:19