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Martin Luther King Park

Martin Luther King Park from directly overhead

Martin Luther King Park is a park in Colorado, at a recorded elevation of 1,613 m. Mount Tom stands 2,969 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Skyland Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Lariat Loop Scenic and Historic Byway passes 16 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1613 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.77037, -104.90820

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • Park Hill Park: 1.4 mi
  • The Grove at Commons Park: 5.3 mi
  • Morrison Nature Center: 5.9 mi
  • Lowell Ponds Wildlife Area: 7.2 mi
  • Niver Creek Open Space: 7.6 mi
Gardens
  • Pollinator Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Westerly Creek Butterfly Garden: 2.1 mi
  • 36th & Lafayette Community Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Bruce Randolph Community Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 3.7 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Kushtronaut: 1.5 mi
  • Tropical Discovery: 2.5 mi
  • Red Panda: 2.5 mi
  • The Edge (New Tiger Exhibit): 2.5 mi
  • Toyota Elephant Passage: 2.7 mi
Museums
Peaks
Picnic sites: 44
  • Picnic Table: 5.3 mi
  • Good Times: 5.6 mi
  • Mount Evans Picnic Pavilions: 5.7 mi
  • Pepsi Groves: 5.7 mi
  • Sunlight Picnic Pavilion: 5.7 mi
Beaches: 6
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 1
  • Lee Gulch: 13.8 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Keyhole Rock: 18.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Martin Luther King Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TomW 278°2,969 m23.7 mi
Blue MountainWNW 288°2,846 m24.0 mi
Crescent MountainWNW 292°2,724 m23.1 mi
Doublehead MountainSW 233°2,711 m23.6 mi
Grannys HeadW 280°2,686 m22.7 mi
Bear MountainWSW 243°2,630 m22.7 mi
Coal Creek PeakWNW 292°2,594 m21.9 mi
Independence MountainWSW 245°2,539 m22.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:3219:5120:32
September equinox06:4818:2318:58
December solstice07:1815:5616:39

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323342485869757364514032
Precip in0.50.51.11.72.31.72.11.81.51.00.70.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denver-stapleton, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • showy milkweed318 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider68 obs
  • Western Honey Bee48 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk44 obs
  • Seven-spotted Lady Beetle43 obs
  • Redstem Stork's-bill39 obs
  • Japanese Beetle35 obs
  • Woodhouse's Toad33 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/125287092

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