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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	Auburn	Maine	USA	Obelisk or Vertical Gnomon	690
	A Vertical Gnomon Dial painted on an asphalt parking lot using the tip of a vertical light pole as the gnomon. Dial face includes hour lines, solstice and equinox lines and a compass rose showing true north direction. Markings include an analemma on the noon line with monthly marks. The dial is used as a teaching tool with formal lessons for studen...
	Augusta	Maine	USA	Horizontal Dial	872
	This historic brass dial is about 18 inches in diameter, set upon a square, concrete pillar. The dial plate has Roman numbers and is delineated in quarter hours. Magnetic variation is engraved at degree intervals. The dial originally had a removable wood cover, then a metal one, which became permanently closed. It was removed in 2009 and now has a...
	Brunswick	Maine	USA	Vertical Dial	53
	A set of three declining vertical dials each approximately 3x4 foot of carved Indiana Limestone set into the east, south and west facades of Hubbard Hall. Dial faces include hour lines and Arabic hour numerals. Each bronze gnomon rod is additionally supported at its end. The dials are not corrected for longitude and there is no EOT correction provi...
	Brunswick	Maine	USA	Horizontal Dial	830
	In the shade of many trees is a 12 inch circular horizontal sundial sitting on a square granite plinth. The dial plate shows solar time with Roman numerals V to VII (5am to 7pm). Half and quarter hours are shown with dots. This is a standard commercial sundial using the hourglass with wings as the dial plate embellishment. NASS confirmed that...
	Falmouth	Maine	USA	Armillary Sphere	829
	This bronze armillary sundial is about 18 inches in diameter. The prime meridian ring is embossed with an intricate design. A different designed with forward and backward "S" adorns the exterior of the equatorial ring while the interior has embossed Roman numerals for the the hours. The 6-hour ring is plain and there is no horizontal ring. The ...
	Ogunquit	Maine	USA	Horizontal Dial	1111
	This is an elegant commercially made bronze horizontal dial about 18-inch (.46 cm) in diameter. The Chapter Ring has hours from 5am to 7pm, divided in quarter hours. Hours are marked in Roman Numerals from VI to VI. A bird sits profile in the gnomon, filling the space beneath the style. The gnomon foot is accurately placed to a line between VI-...
	Portland	Maine	USA	Horizontal Dial	818
	A large 1m (3-foot) bronze sundial is set on a low granite dais at the center of a white granite ellipse. Surrounding the sundial are three white granite benches, the center declaring this as a memorial to Mayor James Baxter. The hour ring gives the hours from V in the morning to VII in the evening The ring is further divided into 15 minute incre...
	Portland	Maine	USA	Equatorial Dial	831
	Prominent in the cemetery is a large equatorial sundial about 4 ft in diameter. The dial was custom built for the location latitude and longitude. It is made of cast, anodized aluminum. The equatorial ring is 8-inch side arc with Roman numeral hours from VI to VI (6am to 6pm) with marks at 5 minute intervals. The scale is shifted to correct for ...