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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from directly overhead

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a historic site in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 39 m. Perry Mountain stands 208 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Depot Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away. Selma to Montgomery March Byway runs past it. 71 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.

What the record says

Inscription
I have a dream

How to reach it

Coordinates32.41251, -87.01634

71 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 29
  • Riverside Park: 0.4 mi
  • Songs of Selma Park: 0.4 mi
  • Old Town Historic District: 0.5 mi
  • Selma Voting Rights Monument and Park: 0.6 mi
  • East Selma Community Pond and Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites: 12
  • Amelia Boynton Robinson & Marie Foster: 0.7 mi
  • Selma Voting Rights Monument: 0.7 mi
  • Rev. Hosea Williams Sr.: 0.7 mi
  • Builders of Movements and Monuments: 0.7 mi
  • Bloch Park Historical Marker: 1.4 mi
Cliffs: 10
Peaks: 8
  • Parker Mountain: 14.5 mi
  • Cravey Hill: 19.2 mi
  • Johnson Hill: 20.3 mi
  • Mount Baber: 20.6 mi
  • Morgan Hill: 22.1 mi
Attractions: 3
Artworks: 2
  • The Perry County Story: 0.7 mi
  • Civil Rights Memorial Mural: 0.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Bloch Park Picnic Area: 1.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Nature reserves: 1
  • Cahaba River Preserve - Barton's Beach: 23.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Perry MountainN208 m24.3 mi
Round RockN183 m24.4 mi
Parker MountainNE174 m14.5 mi
Wildcat HillS143 m23.1 mi
Mount BaberSSE108 m20.6 mi
Morgan HillSSW95 m22.1 mi
Cravey HillESE81 m19.2 mi
Johnson HillESE65 m20.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:00
June solstice05:4219:2319:59
September equinox06:3718:1418:46
December solstice06:4616:1016:47

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485158657380838278675650
Precip in5.15.45.34.64.14.35.14.93.82.74.15.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Selma, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9153399857

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