Doctor Martin Luther King Park
Doctor Martin Luther King Park is a park in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 181 m. Mount Lieber stands 214 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Lincoln Highway passes 7.7 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 181 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Hammond Parks & Recreation
How to reach it
- 7.7 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
- 19.7 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 7.7 mi off the The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: 0.0 mi
- Small Stone Henge Monument: 0.2 mi
- Benjamin Harrison: 0.9 mi
- Casimir Pulaski: 1.5 mi
- Lincoln Funeral Train Historic Marker: 1.6 mi
- City Hall Rose Garden: 0.2 mi
- HAST Garden: 1.3 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 3.2 mi
- Memorial Garden: 5.2 mi
- Formal Garden: 5.5 mi
- Conkey Park: 0.3 mi
- Triangle Park: 0.4 mi
- Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
- Harrison Park: 0.8 mi
- Columbia Park: 0.9 mi
- Wentworth Woods: 1.3 mi
- Wentworth Prairie: 2.3 mi
- Sand Ridge Nature Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Calumet City Prairie Nature Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Seidner Dune and Swale Nature Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Calumet City Historical Society: 1.4 mi
- Sand Ridge Nature Center: 3.2 mi
- Schrage Mansion: 5.0 mi
- Mascot Hall of Fame: 5.2 mi
- Ford Calumet Environmental Center (FCEC): 6.6 mi
- United We Stand: 1.9 mi
- Flick Statue: 3.2 mi
- Prairie Boat: 5.5 mi
- Marshall Major Taylor: 7.5 mi
- Pride Of East Side: 7.7 mi
- Calumet City (Yellow Smiley Face) Water Tower: 2.5 mi
- Peteyville Christmas Lights: 2.5 mi
- Calumet City (Pink Smiley Face) Water Tower: 3.7 mi
- Genesis Convention Center: 8.6 mi
- Homewood Railroad Viewing Platform: 9.0 mi
- Green Lake Woods Picnic Grove 4: 2.6 mi
- Green Lake Woods Picnic Grove 3: 2.6 mi
- Green Lake Woods Picnic Grove 2: 2.7 mi
- Green Lake Woods Picnic Grove 1: 2.8 mi
- Lansing Woods Picnic Grove 2: 4.1 mi
- Jeorse Park Beach: 4.8 mi
- Buffington Harbor Beach: 4.9 mi
- Whihala Beach: 5.7 mi
- Whihala Park West Beach: 5.9 mi
- Hammond Marina Beach: 6.6 mi
- Arbor Hill: 4.8 mi
- Sledding Hill: 6.0 mi
- Sled Hill: 8.4 mi
- Belly Button Hill: 11.6 mi
- Chanute Hill: 12.3 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 5.2 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Southbound: 20.3 mi
- Prairie View Rest Area - Northbound: 20.4 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 19.2 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Doctor Martin Luther King Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lieber | E 87° | 214 m | 13.8 mi |
| Chanute Hill | E 86° | 195 m | 12.3 mi |
| Mount Holden | E 80° | 194 m | 23.7 mi |
| Mount Tom | E 80° | 193 m | 23.5 mi |
| Mount Jackson | E 80° | 192 m | 23.8 mi |
| Players Hill | NW 324° | 187 m | 23.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 27 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Park Forest, 12 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel21 obs
- American Robin10 obs
- Painted Turtle8 obs
- Canada Goose7 obs
- House Sparrow6 obs
- Monk Parakeet6 obs
- Common Garter Snake6 obs
- American pokeweed6 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/162016811
Day trips start here
- Hammond · 1 mi
- East Chicago · 3 mi
- Lansing · 3 mi
- Munster · 4 mi
- Chicago/Far Southeast Side · 6 mi
- Dyer · 8 mi
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