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Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. from directly overhead

Martin Luther King Jr. is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 165 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is The Color Inside, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 4.8 miles off. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

Outdoor bronze sculpture depicting the American civil rights leader installed on the University of Texas at Austin campus.

Wikidata Q39073111, linked from the OpenStreetMap record's article tag.

The record

What the record says

Built
1999
Material
bronze
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates30.28544, -97.73611

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • The Color Inside: 0.0 mi
  • Wall Drawing #520: 0.1 mi
  • Circle with Towers: 0.1 mi
  • Vermillion: 0.1 mi
  • The West: 0.1 mi
Historic sites
Parks
  • Honors Quad: 0.3 mi
  • Dell Technologies Plaza: 0.4 mi
  • Eastwoods Neighborhood Park: 0.4 mi
  • Capitol Mall: 0.4 mi
  • Health Learning Building Courtyard: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves: 55
Gardens: 54
  • Memorial Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Garden patch: 0.3 mi
  • Lady Bird Johnson Texas Capitol Flower Gardens: 0.7 mi
  • Luci and Ian's Family Hill Country Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Alamo Community Garden: 1.0 mi
Museums: 40
Peaks: 39
Attractions: 19
  • Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 0.4 mi
  • French Legation State Historic Site: 1.3 mi
  • Statesman Bat Observation Center: 1.8 mi
  • South Congress Bat Colony: 1.9 mi
  • Rock Wall At Zilker: 2.3 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Twin Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Sculpture Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Hill of Life Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Lower Bull Creek Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Middle Bull Creek Falls: 6.6 mi
Springs: 8
Ghost towns: 6
Cliffs: 4
  • Bird Bluff: 3.6 mi
  • Seismic Wall: 4.7 mi
  • Fern Bluff: 16.4 mi
  • Chalk Bluff: 21.8 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 6.3 mi
  • Stone picnic table: 6.8 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 8.6 mi
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
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
Shingle HillsW 273°433 m20.9 mi
Wallace MountainWSW 252°406 m21.3 mi
Travis PeakNW 314°382 m24.5 mi
Round MountainNW 325°366 m25.0 mi
Chalk KnobW 272°364 m15.3 mi
Flint Rock HillWNW 281°360 m14.6 mi
Signal HillWSW 243°353 m14.6 mi
Polecat KnobNW 323°346 m22.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1119:43
June solstice06:3020:0120:37
September equinox07:2018:5719:29
December solstice07:2416:5917:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525663707783868781726154
Precip in2.61.92.92.45.03.72.02.73.53.92.92.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin-camp Mabry, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipedia

OpenStreetMap element node/11002194355

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