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Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Memorial Park

Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Memorial Park from directly overhead

Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Memorial Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 239 m. Cucamonga Peak stands 2,695 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Powers Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 23 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
239 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.03608, -117.75746

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Peaks
Artworks
Attractions
  • Fairplex Garden Railroad: 3.2 mi
  • Tongva Village: 5.9 mi
  • Redwood Grove: 9.5 mi
  • Galleano Winery: 12.4 mi
  • Castle Peak and Thunder Railroad: 12.5 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Nature reserves: 59
Springs: 38
  • Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 6.2 mi
  • McDermont Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Big Cienega Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Fallen Leaf Spring: 13.0 mi
  • Forked Spruce Spring: 13.5 mi
Picnic sites: 37
  • Site C: 6.5 mi
  • Site B: 6.6 mi
  • Site A: 6.6 mi
  • Site A: 7.5 mi
  • Site C: 7.6 mi
Waterfalls: 28
  • Wolfskill Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Fish Canyon Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Canyon Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Historic Dam: 15.0 mi
  • Etiwanda Falls: 16.9 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Norco Bluffs: 12.4 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 12.7 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 12.9 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 13.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 15.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cucamonga PeakNE 37°2,695 m16.2 mi
Ontario PeakNNE 30°2,640 m15.3 mi
Etiwanda PeakNE 38°2,640 m17.0 mi
Thunder MountainNNE 29°2,613 m18.0 mi
Bighorn PeakNNE 34°2,575 m16.4 mi
Timber MountainNNE 33°2,521 m17.2 mi
Iron MountainN 8°2,419 m17.6 mi
Sugarloaf PeakNNE 26°2,091 m15.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3019:03
June solstice05:4119:2920:06
September equinox06:4018:1618:49
December solstice06:5316:0816:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565660636671767875676054
Precip in2.94.12.11.00.20.10.00.00.01.00.72.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pomona/fairplex, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard33 obs
  • Garden Snail30 obs
  • Western Honey Bee17 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk15 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel15 obs
  • Gulf Fritillary14 obs
  • Gray Bird Grasshopper14 obs
  • Southern Alligator Lizard13 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/486695264

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