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Sun Dial

Sun Dial from directly overhead

Sun Dial is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 185 m. Chiches 2 stands 1,104 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Cal Poly Architecture Graveyard, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1 passes 1.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1971
Material
concrete
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates35.31629, -120.65359

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Serenity Swing Outlook: 0.6 mi
  • Leaning Pine Arboretum: 0.6 mi
  • North Mountain Lawn: 1.0 mi
  • Centennial Lawn: 1.1 mi
  • Dexter Lawn: 1.2 mi
Peaks
Museums: 27
Attractions: 19
Historic sites: 17
Springs: 15
  • Sulphur Pot: 5.8 mi
  • McLain Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Salsipuedes Spring #1: 11.9 mi
  • Salsipuedes Spring #2: 12.4 mi
  • McNeil Spring: 14.3 mi
Nature reserves: 14
  • Cerro San Luis Natural Reserve: 2.8 mi
  • Reservoir Canyon Natural Reserve: 2.8 mi
  • Johnson Ranch Open Space: 6.6 mi
  • Los Osos Oaks State Natural Reserve: 9.2 mi
  • El Moro Elfin Forest Preserve: 9.9 mi
Artworks: 12
Beaches: 12
  • Pirates Cove: 10.3 mi
  • Avila Beach: 10.5 mi
  • Olde Port Beach: 11.0 mi
  • Olde Port Beach: 11.0 mi
  • Fisherman's Beach: 11.3 mi
Gardens: 8
Waterfalls: 6
  • Reservoir Creek Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Big Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Little Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Little Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Islay Falls: 12.3 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Road Runner Picnic Site: 4.6 mi
  • Rockrose: 12.2 mi
  • Willow Bluff: 12.3 mi
  • Meadow View: 12.3 mi
  • Arboleda Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
Cliffs: 4
Natural arches: 1
  • Smugglers Cave: 10.5 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Franklin Hot Springs: 18.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Sun Dial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chiches 2ENE 73°1,104 m17.8 mi
Black MountainENE 72°1,089 m17.7 mi
Hi MountainESE 107°969 m13.5 mi
Lopez MountainESE 104°869 m4.4 mi
Hi Mountain PotreroESE 105°865 m13.1 mi
Bald MountainESE 122°855 m10.0 mi
Gay MountainESE 110°850 m5.5 mi
Tassajera PeakNNW 330°836 m6.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4119:15
June solstice05:4919:4420:21
September equinox06:5118:2719:01
December solstice07:0816:1516:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545557586164666767655954
Precip in5.14.93.91.40.50.10.10.00.10.82.03.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Luis Obispo Poly, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/7374048174

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