Martin Luther King Jr. Park
Martin Luther King Jr. Park is a park in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 334 m. Icy Knob stands 918 m to the south-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Cascade Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway passes 7.2 miles off.
One of the City of Morganton's active use parks. It contains playground equipment, picnic shelters, and tennis courts and is currently undergoing renovations to add a splash pad, basketball courts, and recreational field uses.
What the record says
- Built
- 1987
- Elevation
- 334 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Morganton Parks and Recreation
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 7.2 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
- 13.2 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 17.6 mi off the Upper Yadkin Way
- 18.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Wiseman's View · 16 mi
- Bear Den Overlook (MP 323.0) · 18 mi
- Hefner Gap Overlook · 18 mi
- Heffner Gap Overlook (MP 325.9) · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cascade Park: 0.3 mi
- Catawba Meadows Park: 0.5 mi
- Cascade Park: 0.5 mi
- Collett Street Recreation Center: 0.7 mi
- Martha's Park: 0.7 mi
- Yellow Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Ironmonger Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Pine Mountain: 5.4 mi
- High Peak: 5.6 mi
- Keller Knob: 5.8 mi
- McGalliard Falls: 7.5 mi
- Upper Shoal Creek Falls: 8.9 mi
- Shoal Creek Falls: 8.9 mi
- Little River Falls: 10.7 mi
- Big Bear Falls: 10.8 mi
- Fonta Flora Covered Bridge: 9.7 mi
- Four Trumpets: 14.0 mi
- Amaryllis Architecturalis: 14.1 mi
- Hurricane Bubba: 14.3 mi
- Across the Grain: 14.4 mi
- Historic Burke County Courthouse: 0.9 mi
- History Museum of Burke County: 0.9 mi
- Morganton Railroad Depot & Museum: 1.3 mi
- Waldensian Heritage Museum: 7.8 mi
- Hudson Depot Museum: 13.2 mi
- Something Rotten: 10.8 mi
- Build a Fairy House: 10.8 mi
- Every Drop Goes a Long Way: 10.8 mi
- Wild Percussion: 10.9 mi
- Hide & Seek: 10.9 mi
- Historic Town Limit: 0.5 mi
- Historic Town Limits: 1.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 12.4 mi
- Mortimer memorial: 16.4 mi
- Marion Veteran Memorial: 17.9 mi
- Fox Den: 8.4 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 8.7 mi
- Linville Falls Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
- Woods Walk: 24.5 mi
- Forrest Gump Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
- Raven Cliff: 15.1 mi
- Little Lost Cove Cliffs: 19.5 mi
- Big Lost Cove Cliffs: 20.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Cliffs: 21.7 mi
- Linville Bluffs: 24.7 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 15.4 mi
- Observation Deck: 17.7 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 19.4 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 19.4 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 19.5 mi
- Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina: 0.8 mi
- Rock Pile Farm And Stump Farm Forestry Center: 4.5 mi
- Hibriten Mountain: 15.9 mi
- Lost Cove Wilderness Study Area: 19.8 mi
- Swimming beach: 9.9 mi
- Boat beach: 10.0 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 23.4 mi
- Community Gardens: 13.7 mi
- Beall Street Community Gardens: 14.3 mi
- Mitchell Giving Gardens: 23.5 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 12.4 mi
- Gully Pipe: 12.6 mi
- Mortimer: 16.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Martin Luther King Jr. Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Icy Knob | SSW 197° | 918 m | 10.1 mi |
| Shortoff Mountain | WNW 299° | 915 m | 12.4 mi |
| Hickory Knob | SSW 193° | 907 m | 9.5 mi |
| Propst Mountain | SSW 198° | 905 m | 9.8 mi |
| Buzzard Roost | SSW 195° | 901 m | 9.6 mi |
| Walker Top | S 188° | 886 m | 7.6 mi |
| Benn Knob | S 170° | 882 m | 13.1 mi |
| Rainbow Mountain | S 183° | 874 m | 9.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:09 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:52 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:38 | 17:18 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Morganton, 2 mi away.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail21 obs
- Northern Cardinal17 obs
- American pokeweed17 obs
- Red Clover17 obs
- Blue Jay16 obs
- Little Sweet Betsy16 obs
- Central Ratsnake16 obs
- cross vine15 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/33106086
Day trips start here
- Hickory · 21 mi
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