Sundial 940
- Dial City: Phoenix
- Dial State/Province: Arizona
- Dial Country: USA
- Lat: 33° 25.198' N
- Dial Nr: 940
- Dial Type: Analemmatic Dial
- Dial Access: Public
- Lon: 112° 4.272' W
- Dial Owner: Audubon Society
- Dial Designer: Austin Hicks
- Dial Maker: Scouts of Troop 109
- Dial Date: Feb 16, 2016
- Location:
- Along the trail at The Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center 3131 S. Central Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85040 Phone: 602-468-6470 Tuesday- Friday: 9am - 4pm Saturday: 9am - 1pm
- Description:
- On a trail of desert scrub is a cleared circular area, defined by a low pile of river stones as the border. Within is a titled analemmatic sundial about 30 feet across. The center walkway is made of sized adobe-red concrete tiles for each month. The abbreviation of each month is set into the tile. The matching hours on their elliptical arc are marked with small adobe-red concrete circles.
- Inscription:
- Spirit of the Eagle Justin Sterling Hicks Troop 109
- Other References:
- Local Channel 3 in Phoenix: " Fields Moseley and crew met four scouts and the Hicks family at Rio Salado Audubon Center ... about Austin Hick’s Eagle Project. Austin, of Troop 109’s ... was tragically lost in an auto accident late last year. Austin was a Life Scout and planning his project at the Audubon Center... On project day, over 45 members of Troop 109, friends and family came out and made the project a complete success." Austin designed the sundial.
Last Update:
2019-01-24 18:32