These sundials are listed in one possible order for a tour; asterisks indicate higher
priority if time is limited. It has been compiled by
Woody Sullivan, tel. 206-543-7773 (work) or
206-784-1052 (home) who will give you further information if you need it.
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**1. University of Washington, Physics/Astronomy Building
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The sundial faces the
Burke-Gilman Trail; large wall sundial (explanatory plaque below); Woody
Sullivan & Larry Stark, 1994. Photo of dial and plaque available at:
www.phys.washington.edu/Department/tour/sundial/
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2. University of Washington
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base of flagpole on N side of "Red Square";
horizontal dial; "Class of 1912" graduating gift.
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3. Burke-Gilman Playground Park
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on NW side of Sandpoint Way NE, at NE
52nd St, ~50 m from small parking lot; vertical, conical gnomon on tiled
horizontal surface, in a small ampitheatre; Robert Shimbo, 1987.
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4. Sam Hill Mansion
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814 E. Highland Dr. (just off Broadway); vertical
dial easily visible from street on eastern end of S side of house; 1909.
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*5. Pacific Science Center
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(admission fee required), Seattle Center ,
Mercer St and W Denny Way; vertical glass dial mounted in one of the
central courtyard ponds; Ron Karzmar, ~1994.
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**6. Gasworks Park
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(~NE Northlake Way at Meridian Ave N), top of the
large "kite hill"; large analemmatic dial on the ground; Chuck Greening,
1978.
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*7. Billings Middle School, 4273 Woodland Park Ave N
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two vertical dials
on SE corner of bldg.; Woody Sullivan and grades 3-6 students, 1995.
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8. Sullivan home, 6532 Palatine Ave N
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(please call 784-1052 first); analemma
(for 11:15 PST) on kitchen ceiling; Woody Sullivan and coopted relatives
and friends, 1992-present.
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9. North Seattle Community College
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The sundial is just E of cafeteria on S edge of
main bldg, ~100 m E of College Way NE on N side of NE 95th St;
equatorial dial (memorial to George Lewis); Daryl Smith, ~1990.
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*10. Lakeside School
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(1) turn W after taking NE 145th St exit off
Interstate 5, (2) at second light, turn left (S) on 1st Ave NE, (3) turn
left immediately into lot next to gym, (4) take winding path along S
side of gym, (5) find concrete bench with terrazzo dial panels and
bronze gnomon; Ross Brown, Peter Bevis, Woody Sullivan, and students
(especially Rachel Sullivan and Etienne Lebailly) in the graduating
Class of 1995.
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