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Burlington Earth Clock

Bike Path at Blanchard Beach
Burlington, VT
LAT 44.46
LON 73.13

43.5 diameter Earth Clock

on the Burlington Bike Path
just North of Oakledge Parkuses the stones on the western
edge of the circle to point
to the sunsets on the
Adirondack Mountains
as the sun moves from
Winter Solstice in the South
through Equinox in the West
to the Winter Solstice in the
north and back again.

Summer Solstice

Cross Quarter Days

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11

13

10

14

15

8
Jun 1
May 1

Equinox

16

Jul 1
Aug 1

17

Sep 1
Apr 1

18

Oct 1
Mar 1

Feb 1

Nov 1

19

Dec 1

Cross Quarter Days

Sundial at Center

Winter Solstice

Scale
1 foot
5 feet
10 feet
20 feet

Proposed Analemmatic Sundial

at center of Earth Clock uses the shadow
of the person standing in the center cast
onto stones embedded in the ground
to tell the time of day.

Stones donated by Rock of Ages installed the week of 10/26/06

Markings on the center stone show

where to stand at the dierent
times of the year and the positions
of the larger stones.

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12

11

13

10

14

15

Jul 1

Jun 1

16

Aug 1

May 1

17
Sep 1

Apr 1

Oct 1

18

Mar 1

Nov 1

Feb 1

Dec 1

Jan 1

Scale
1 foot

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Burlington Earth Clock

Bike Path at Blanchard Beach
Burlington, VT
LAT 44.46
LON 73.13

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The Sundial consists of one 6, round granite stone in the middle to stand
on and fteen samller oval stones around it that mark the hours.
The stones will be set ush with the grass around it.
Markings on the center stone show where to stand to use the sundial
at dierent times of the year and the direction of the larger outer stones.

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Jul 1

Jun 1

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268

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30

Aug 1

May 1

303

Sep 1
Apr 1
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Equinox

90

Oct 1
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Cro

245
234

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Mar 1

So

120

Nov 1

Feb 1

Dec 1

Jan 1
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150

180

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