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MLK Community Garden

MLK Community Garden from directly overhead

MLK Community Garden is a garden in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 267 m. Hannas Knob stands 417 m to the southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Harry Orlando Community Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 1.5 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Uptown Partners of Pittsburgh
Access
Customers only
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.43985, -79.97388
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Kennard Park: 0.2 mi
  • Tustin Park: 0.3 mi
  • Dunseith Playground: 0.5 mi
  • Lawn & Ophelia Parklet: 0.5 mi
  • Southside Riverfront Park: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Freedom Corner: 0.6 mi
  • Home Plate from Forbes Stadium: 1.0 mi
  • Kier Refinery Historic Marker: 1.0 mi
  • The Hiker - Spanish American War Memorial: 1.2 mi
  • Memorial wall for the homeless people who have died on the streets of Pittsburgh: 1.4 mi
Nature reserves
  • Oakcliffe Greenway: 0.7 mi
  • The Saddle: 1.7 mi
  • Grandview Overlook Park: 1.9 mi
  • Chatham Village Greenspace: 2.5 mi
  • Hays Woods Park: 3.2 mi
Artworks
Peaks
  • Herron Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Flagstaff Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Monument Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Riverview Hill: 3.5 mi
Museums: 58
Gardens: 54
  • Harry Orlando Community Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Tustin Street Community Garden: 0.2 mi
  • UPMC Mercy Physical Therapy Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Dwayne Cooper Garden of Hope: 0.9 mi
  • Learning Garden: 1.0 mi
Picnic sites: 22
  • Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 1.1 mi
  • Grove: 8.4 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 8.9 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 8.9 mi
  • White Pine Grove: 10.4 mi
Attractions: 19
Beaches: 7
  • Thornburg Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Tiger Beach: 6.0 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 16.5 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 16.5 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 16.6 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Thompson Run Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Snake Run: 21.7 mi
  • Frankfort Mineral Springs: 24.4 mi
Springs: 2
  • Francis Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Lacock Spring: 23.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.3 miles of MLK Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hannas KnobSW 219°417 m17.3 mi
Pollocks KnobS 175°407 m13.0 mi
Herron HillNE 38°384 m1.3 mi
Rich HillNE 35°365 m12.1 mi
Mt. SycamoreENE 60°229.2 m7.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5619:32
June solstice05:5120:1320:54
September equinox07:0818:4319:19
December solstice07:4016:1416:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240526270747265544334
Precip in3.12.63.23.44.14.63.93.83.53.13.03.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pittsburgh Allegheny CO AP, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Honey Bee1,078 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly897 obs
  • American Robin495 obs
  • False Milkweed Bug453 obs
  • White-tailed Deer391 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel384 obs
  • common mugwort374 obs
  • Rock Pigeon357 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/302191239

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