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Martin Luther King Park

Martin Luther King Park from directly overhead

Martin Luther King Park is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 28 m. Round Mountain stands 186 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Sweets / Fountain Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Delaware River Scenic Byway passes 1.0 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
28 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.22999, -74.76033

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sweets / Fountain Park: 0.3 mi
  • Roosevelt Park: 0.4 mi
  • Pennington/Willow Plaza: 0.4 mi
  • Rossi Park: 0.4 mi
  • Battle Monument Park: 0.4 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
Artworks
  • Robert Morris Statue: 1.7 mi
  • Crossing Paths: 2.1 mi
  • Untitled (Steelroots): 2.1 mi
  • Centaur: 2.1 mi
  • 95.5 ̊ Arc x 11 (Horizontal Arcs): 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens: 57
  • Capital City Farm: 0.4 mi
  • Serenity Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Prospect Street Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Chestnut Avenue Community Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Chambers/Locust Garden: 1.0 mi
Peaks: 34
Picnic sites: 13
  • Student Picnic Area: 2.3 mi
  • Alumni Grove: 2.9 mi
  • Kids Kingdom Picnic Pavilion: 4.2 mi
  • General Greene Picnic Pavilion: 7.7 mi
  • Shaded Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Old Quarry: 12.5 mi
  • Washington's Rock: 12.8 mi
  • Devil's Tea Table: 22.6 mi
  • lower waterfall ledge: 22.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Gold Run: 3.1 mi
  • High Falls: 20.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Kerr Spring: 19.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Turkey Swamp Park: 24.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Martin Luther King Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Round MountainN 349°186 m23.7 mi
Plumstead HillWNW 299°174 m20.5 mi
Sourland MountainN 6°171 m16.5 mi
Buckingham MountainWNW 292°158 m15.9 mi
Baldpate MountainNW 319°146 m9.1 mi
Strawberry HillNW 312°143 m9.6 mi
Solebury MountainWNW 303°142 m13.8 mi
Goat HillNW 311°138 m12.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3519:11
June solstice05:3019:5220:33
September equinox06:4718:2218:58
December solstice07:1915:5416:37

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323442536271767467564537
Precip in3.32.64.03.64.04.44.44.24.13.83.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Trenton-mercer AP, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Canada Goose50 obs
  • Great Blue Heron28 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly27 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull26 obs
  • American sweetgum26 obs
  • princess tree26 obs
  • American Herring Gull26 obs
  • garlic mustard24 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/40182332

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