Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 238 m. Baird Hill stands 294 m to the north-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Martin Luther King Jr., a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Arcadia Playground: 0.2 mi
- Farrel Park: 0.2 mi
- Children's Nature Playscape: 0.4 mi
- Bronson Park: 0.4 mi
- Florence Street Splash Pad: 0.4 mi
- West Douglas Neighborhood Park: 1.2 mi
- Bow in the Clouds Preserve: 3.0 mi
- KEKA Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Fred McLinden Nature Trails: 5.7 mi
- Schellenberg Woods: 6.1 mi
- South Street: 0.4 mi
- Kalamazoo Mall: 0.4 mi
- Nature's Playground: 4.7 mi
- Celery Flats Interpretive Center: 5.9 mi
- Year Round Golf: 11.6 mi
- Kalamazoo Valley Museum: 0.2 mi
- Kalamazoo Valley Community College Center for New Media Art Museum: 0.3 mi
- Air Zoo: 4.9 mi
- Flight Innovation Center: 4.9 mi
- Vicksburg Historical Society: 12.2 mi
- Oranges: 0.3 mi
- Untitled: 1.0 mi
- Western Michigan University Seal: 1.6 mi
- Giraffa Camelopardalis: 1.8 mi
- The Professor: 1.8 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr.: 0.0 mi
- Burdick Street: 0.3 mi
- Art Deco: 0.3 mi
- The Upjohn Company: 0.4 mi
- Rose Park Veteran's Memorial: 0.7 mi
- The Hogback: 15.8 mi
- Prospect Hill: 16.9 mi
- Baird Hill: 21.3 mi
- Graves Hill: 23.1 mi
- Bell's Beer Garden: 0.3 mi
- God's Garden: 8.9 mi
- Community Garden: 21.1 mi
- Alamo Rest Area 709: 5.5 mi
- Galesburg Rest Area: 7.5 mi
- Battle Creek Rest Area: 18.9 mi
- Willard Beach: 19.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baird Hill | NNE 14° | 294 m | 21.3 mi |
| The Hogback | NE 38° | 282 m | 15.8 mi |
| Graves Hill | NNE 13° | 280 m | 23.1 mi |
| Prospect Hill | WSW 247° | 244 m | 16.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:47 | 19:18 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 20:41 | 21:23 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:04 | 19:41 |
| December solstice | 08:09 | 16:28 | 17:14 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 52 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kalamazoo Battle Creek Intl AP, 5 mi away.
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee217 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel172 obs
- Western Honey Bee168 obs
- common milkweed113 obs
- Canada Goose109 obs
- American Robin107 obs
- Mallard100 obs
- black cherry93 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/635104375
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