Martin Luther King Jr. Park
Martin Luther King Jr. Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 231 m. Dias Hill stands 311 m to the south, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Joe Taylor Park, a park 0.5 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1911
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Joe Taylor Park: 0.5 mi
- Sigsbee Park: 0.5 mi
- Alexander Park: 0.8 mi
- Oakdale Gardens: 0.8 mi
- Cambridge Park: 0.9 mi
- ArtPost Ferguson Apartments: 1.7 mi
- ArtPost Verne Barry Place: 1.8 mi
- Roger B. Chaffee: 1.9 mi
- Imagine That: 1.9 mi
- Rapid Central Bike Parking: 1.9 mi
- Buiten Wildlife Sanctuary: 3.3 mi
- Hopewell Indian Mounds Park: 4.7 mi
- Veterans Nature Trail: 4.8 mi
- Brian Dyk Nature Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Buck Creek Nature Preserve: 5.5 mi
- Meyer May House: 1.2 mi
- Caulkins Law Office: 1.6 mi
- Grand Rapids Children's Museum: 1.9 mi
- Grand Rapids African American Museum and Archives: 2.0 mi
- Grand Rapids Art Museum: 2.1 mi
- The Castle: 1.3 mi
- The Hiker: 1.4 mi
- Bust of A. Lincoln: 1.6 mi
- Kent County Civil War Monument: 1.9 mi
- Rosa Parks: 2.2 mi
- Winchester Garden: 1.0 mi
- Hillcrest Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Alger Heights Community Garden: 2.1 mi
- Michigan State University Cooperative Extension: 2.2 mi
- Zen-Style Garden: 3.6 mi
- Boynton's Landing: 8.2 mi
- Hilltop Stop: 11.5 mi
- Sawtooth Drop: 11.5 mi
- Boulder Jump: 11.5 mi
- Wynalda Flow Trails Hub: 11.8 mi
- Buena Vista Hill: 8.5 mi
- Dias Hill: 10.4 mi
- Bettes Tower Hill: 15.3 mi
- Cheney Hills: 22.0 mi
- Graves Hill: 23.8 mi
- Rockford Rest Area 525: 13.5 mi
- Zeeland Rest Area 528: 16.9 mi
- Saranac Rest Area 532: 24.7 mi
- Millennium Park Beach: 5.7 mi
- Fishing Beach: 18.6 mi
- Ada Covered Bridge: 7.7 mi
- Fallasburg Covered Bridge: 15.9 mi
- Picnic Area: 3.4 mi
- Charleston: 15.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Martin Luther King Jr. Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dias Hill | S 183° | 311 m | 10.4 mi |
| Cheney Hills | NNE 18° | 291 m | 22.0 mi |
| Graves Hill | SSE 161° | 280 m | 23.8 mi |
| Bettes Tower Hill | NNW 341° | 260 m | 15.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:47 | 19:18 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:43 | 21:26 |
| September equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 08:11 | 16:25 | 17:12 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Grand Rapids, 1 mi away.
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee122 obs
- Monarch91 obs
- Western Honey Bee83 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel66 obs
- common milkweed66 obs
- eastern redbud66 obs
- Black Swallowtail61 obs
- Mallard60 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/312340153
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