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Martin Luther King Jr. Park

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Martin Luther King Jr. Park is a park in Wyoming, at a modelled elevation of 1,845 m. Saddleback Mountain stands 2,416 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Cheyenne Children's Museum, a museum 0.4 miles away. 147 named places lie within 25 miles, 19 of them named summits.

What to expect

Step-free access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.12981, -104.82734

147 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 55
  • Civic Commons Park: 0.4 mi
  • David R. Romero South Cheyenne Community Park: 0.4 mi
  • Gunslinger Town: 0.5 mi
  • Cheyenne Depot Plaza: 0.7 mi
  • Timberline Park: 0.7 mi
Artworks: 42
  • Durant Bell: 0.5 mi
  • child reading: 0.6 mi
  • children at play: 0.6 mi
  • children reading: 0.6 mi
  • Cheyenne Western Boot: 0.6 mi
Peaks: 19
Gardens: 8
Historic sites: 8
Museums: 7
Attractions: 2
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Nature reserves: 1
  • Soapstone Prairie Natural Area: 19.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Saddleback MountainW 259°2,416 m20.0 mi
Stone TempleW 279°2,341 m23.1 mi
Mesa MountainWNW 296°2,318 m22.1 mi
Table MountainWNW 292°2,301 m20.5 mi
BM AS-P41WSW 237°2,179 m19.9 mi
Table MountainSW 234°2,150 m22.4 mi
Terry AnticlineSSW 196°1,967 m7.9 mi
Terry PeakSSW 198°1,962 m7.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3519:12
June solstice05:2819:5420:36
September equinox06:4818:2218:58
December solstice07:2215:5016:34

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F292937425263696759463629
Precip in0.40.51.01.82.52.22.21.61.61.10.60.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cheyenne WFO, 2 mi away.

  • Black-crowned Night Heron36 obs
  • Canada Goose29 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel27 obs
  • Mallard22 obs
  • Hunt's Bumble Bee20 obs
  • Seven-spotted Lady Beetle16 obs
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee16 obs
  • American Crow15 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/234560660

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