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Martin Luther King "I Have a Dream" Memorial

Martin Luther King "I Have a Dream" Memorial from directly overhead

Martin Luther King "I Have a Dream" Memorial is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 148 m. Mount Lukens stands 1,547 m to the north-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Grove, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 7.5 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
granite
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.00821, -118.36203

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens: 60
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Grove: 0.0 mi
  • Native Plant Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Hummingbird Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Doris' Japanese Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Kaizuka Meditation Garden: 2.0 mi
Parks
Peaks
  • Baldwin Hills: 1.3 mi
  • Maltman peak: 7.2 mi
  • Olive Hill: 7.4 mi
  • Silverlake peak: 7.9 mi
  • Micheltorena peak: 7.9 mi
Museums
Artworks: 58
  • Citizen Seeds: 0.9 mi
  • Lavender Chiveevi': 1.1 mi
  • Walk a mile in my shoes: 1.3 mi
  • California Dreaming Wall: 1.3 mi
  • Homage to La Ballona Creek: 1.5 mi
Historic sites: 58
Attractions
  • Sony Pictures Studio Tour: 2.5 mi
  • Tembo's residence: 2.7 mi
  • Numb3rs house: 2.9 mi
  • Jeanne French's Car: 3.0 mi
  • Six Feet Under funeral home: 3.1 mi
Picnic sites: 37
  • Burke-Roche Picnic Area: 0.1 mi
  • Picnic Central: 0.4 mi
  • Garden Grove: 0.4 mi
  • Blue Lagoon: 0.5 mi
  • Lake Side: 0.5 mi
Waterfalls: 22
  • Temescal Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Santa Ynez Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 18.9 mi
  • Millard Falls: 19.3 mi
  • Ribbon Rocks Falls: 19.7 mi
Beaches: 19
Springs: 13
  • Kuruvungna Springs: 6.1 mi
  • Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 13.1 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 13.6 mi
  • Goldenrod Spring: 19.6 mi
  • Fascination Spring: 19.8 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Cliffs: 4
Hot springs: 1
  • Spa Palace: 6.3 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of Martin Luther King "I Have a Dream" Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LukensNNE1,547 m19.3 mi
Muir PeakNE1,427 m20.6 mi
Brown MountainNE1,363 m20.0 mi
Hoyt MountainNNE1,346 m20.9 mi
West FujiNE1,122 m20.1 mi
Echo MountainNE968 m19.7 mi
Verdugo PeakNNE952 m15.0 mi
Wella's PeakNE910 m19.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:05
June solstice05:4319:3220:09
September equinox06:4218:1918:52
December solstice06:5616:1016:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F575860626468717170676157
Precip in3.33.52.20.60.40.10.00.00.10.60.92.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Culver City, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8336056853

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