Carefree sundial

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Carefree Sundial at 2pm in early May.

The Carefree Sundial, in Carefree, Arizona, the "third largest sundial in the Western Hemisphere",[1] designed by architect Joe Wong and solar engineer John I. Yellott (1908-1986),[2] was erected in the Sundial Circle plaza in 1959. The sundial is made from a steel frame and covered in anodized copper. It measures 90 feet in diameter. The metal gnomon, the shadow-casting portion of the dial, stands 35 feet above the plaza and extends 72 feet.[3]

Detail of the 12 o'clock marker with fountain repairman.
Kiwanis sign
Detail of the 7 o'clock marker

References

  1. ↑ Carefree attractions
  2. ↑ bigwatse.com; see Passive Solar Journal, Vol. 4, No. 3, 1987 (John Yellott Memorial Issue) for Yellott's biography.
  3. ↑ N. America Sundials Society
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