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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. 73 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

73 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: 13
  • Amelia Boynton Robinson & Marie Foster: 0.7 mi
  • Selma Voting Rights Monument: 0.7 mi
  • John Lewis: 0.7 mi
  • Rev. Hosea Williams Sr.: 0.7 mi
  • Builders of Movements and Monuments: 0.7 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: 4
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 MountainN 8°208 m24.3 mi
Round RockN 6°183 m24.4 mi
Parker MountainNE 44°174 m14.5 mi
Wildcat HillS 186°143 m23.1 mi
Mount BaberSSE 147°108 m20.6 mi
Morgan HillSSW 194°95 m22.1 mi
Cravey HillESE 103°81 m19.2 mi
Johnson HillESE 115°65 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 5080 °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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