Sundial 819
- Dial City: Morristown
- Dial State/Province: New Jersey
- Dial Country: USA
- Lat: 40° 48.167' N
- Dial Nr: 819
- Dial Type: Analemmatic Dial
- Dial Access: Public
- Lon: 74° 27.017' W
- Dial Owner: Friends of the Frelinghuysen Arboretum
- Dial Designer: Paul Ratto
- Dial Maker: Alexandra Levoyer
- Dial Date: October 2015
- Location:
- The dial is located at the Morristown Frelinghuysen Arboretum, near the bus parking. The Arboretum fosters and develops public awareness, knowledge and enjoyment of horticulture and the natural world.
- Description:
- This analemmatic dial is approximately 20 feet wide by 12 feet long, constructed of reinforced, high strength cast-in-place concrete. Showing both Standard and Daylight Savings Time, the dial uses a dual ring of twenty-eight circular hour markers. Each hour marker is a 12 inch diameter precast paver flush with the surrounding landscaping with an aluminum Arabic hour numeral on top. The 7-foot walkway is cast-in-place concrete with aluminum Arabic numerals for the months. The dial was the Girl Scout Gold Award Project of Alexandra Levoyer.
- Inscription:
- Directions for its use are located on a nearby sign and brochures are available noting the history and science of sundials.
Last Update:
2016-01-14 23:25