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Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. from directly overhead

Martin Luther King Jr. is a historic site in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 211 m. Crowders Mountain stands 458 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Marshall Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Uwharrie Scenic Road passes 19 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
1980-04-05
Material
bronze
Inscription
1929 - 1968 / Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. / "who dared to make the american / dream of freedom for all / americans a reality."
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.21939, -80.83839
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Attractions
  • Coal car: 1.0 mi
  • Gainseville Midland: 1.9 mi
  • Graffiti Park: 2.0 mi
  • Historic Rosedale: 3.1 mi
  • Abandoned Charlotte Delivery Service Truck and Car: 4.5 mi
Historic sites: 55
  • Mahatma Gandhi: 0.2 mi
  • CMPD Fallen Officers Memorial: 0.2 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans' Memorial: 0.3 mi
  • Aspire: 0.4 mi
  • Tate Tower: 0.5 mi
Museums: 34
Gardens: 28
  • Baxter Steet Park Community Garden: 0.5 mi
  • McGill Rose Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Courtyard: 1.1 mi
  • Belmont Community Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Mary D.B.T. Semans Gardens: 1.4 mi
Nature reserves: 28
  • Chantilly Ecological Sanctuary: 2.1 mi
  • Evergreen Nature Preserve: 3.7 mi
  • Ribbonwalk Nature Preserve: 5.2 mi
  • Whitehall Nature Preserve: 7.9 mi
  • Berryhill Nature Preserve: 8.6 mi
Peaks: 9
Beaches: 5
  • South Point Beach: 10.7 mi
  • Sailing Beach: 14.2 mi
  • Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 17.3 mi
  • SHOAL: 20.2 mi
  • SHOAL: 21.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 8.1 mi
  • South Carolina Welcome Center: 11.3 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 21.2 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 21.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Little Long Creek Falls: 22.9 mi
  • Long Creek Falls: 23.1 mi
  • High Shoals: 23.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Carowinds Grove: 9.8 mi
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crowders MountainW 272°458 m24.7 mi
Spencer MountainWNW 289°375 m16.5 mi
Jackson KnobW 267°328 m18.8 mi
Reese MountainNW 313°325 m21.2 mi
Nanny MountainSW 236°299 m18.0 mi
Berry MountainW 272°281 m13.8 mi
Capps HillNNW 341°244 m5.5 mi
Red HillSE 134°228 m15.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0219:35
June solstice06:1020:0420:42
September equinox07:1218:4819:22
December solstice07:2916:3617:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424653616977807973625145
Precip in3.53.14.03.83.44.03.74.43.73.23.33.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charlotte Douglas AP, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8494335674

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