Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. is a historic site in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 79 m. Edwards Mountain stands 203 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Gardens, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 25 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1997-04-04
- Material
- bronze
How to reach it
- 24.9 mi off the Colonial Heritage Byway
- 25.0 mi off the Blue-Gray Scenic Byway
- 26.1 mi off the North Durham Country Byway
- 28.0 mi off the Football Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Gardens: 0.0 mi
- Quarry Street Mini-Park: 0.3 mi
- Roberts Park: 0.5 mi
- Apollo Heights Park: 0.5 mi
- Davie Street Mini-Park: 0.6 mi
- Welcome to Raleigh Y'all: 1.1 mi
- Red Hat Armadillo: 1.2 mi
- Zebulon Baird Vance: 1.4 mi
- Charles Duncan McIver: 1.4 mi
- Presidents North Carolina Gave the Nation: 1.4 mi
- Historic Allan Herschell Carousel: 0.7 mi
- Walnut Creek Wetland Center: 0.7 mi
- Carousel: 2.7 mi
- Goodnights Comedy Club: 2.8 mi
- North Raleigh Business Center: 4.7 mi
- Reid Wildflower Garden: 4.4 mi
- Prairie Ridge Ecostation: 6.2 mi
- Lake Benson: 6.8 mi
- Lake Wheeler: 7.4 mi
- Lake Johnson: 7.4 mi
- St. Anges Hospital: 1.2 mi
- North Carolina Veterans: 1.5 mi
- North Carolina Fallen Firefighters: 1.6 mi
- Raleigh Police Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Memorial Belltower: 2.9 mi
- Pope House Museum: 1.2 mi
- Marbles Kids Museum: 1.3 mi
- Raleigh Lace Museum and Kristin S Conrad Lace Center: 1.4 mi
- City of Raleigh Museum (COR Museum): 1.4 mi
- North Carolina Museum of History: 1.5 mi
- Sun Sprouts: 1.3 mi
- Sunflower Field: 2.4 mi
- Hunt Rain Garden: 3.3 mi
- SOL Garden: 3.7 mi
- Clayton Community Garden: 11.1 mi
- Hargett Room: 1.2 mi
- Blount Room: 1.2 mi
- Fountain Terrace: 2.8 mi
- Lake Johnson Shelter 4: 5.6 mi
- Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 10.5 mi
- Crosswinds Beach: 21.3 mi
- White Oak Beach: 22.4 mi
- Poplar Point Beach: 22.8 mi
- Ebenezer Church Beach: 23.3 mi
- Seaforth Beach: 23.5 mi
- Green Hill: 9.8 mi
- Adam Mountain: 12.8 mi
- High Hill: 24.6 mi
- Edwards Mountain: 24.9 mi
- ledge off to drainage area: 12.5 mi
- Little River Falls: 15.3 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edwards Mountain | WNW 283° | 203 m | 24.9 mi |
| Adam Mountain | N 352° | 145 m | 12.8 mi |
| High Hill | WNW 286° | 144 m | 24.6 mi |
| Green Hill | NNE 13° | 136 m | 9.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:53 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 19:57 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:26 | 17:05 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 46 | 53 | 62 | 69 | 76 | 80 | 78 | 73 | 63 | 52 | 46 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Raleigh 4 SW, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/6682343014
Day trips start here
- Raleigh · 4 mi
- Research Triangle · 12 mi
- Chapel Hill · 26 mi
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