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Luther Burbank Park
Luther Burbank Park is a park in the city of Mercer Island, located in King County, in Washington State. Luther Burbank Park is located at an elevation of 15 metres (49 ft) above sea level.

Description

The terrain surrounding Luther Burbank Park is flat in the northwest, but hilly in the southeast. The highest point in the area is First Hill, 98 metres (322 ft) above sea level, 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) southwest of Luther Burbank Park. There are about 1,463 people per square kilometer around Luther Burbank Park is very densely populated. The nearest larger city is Seattle, 8.2 kilometres (5.1 mi) km west of Luther Burbank Park. forest deciduous covers almost the entire area around Luther Burbank Park. In the region around Luther Burbank Park, bays, estuaries, bays, and straits are unusually common.

The climate is Mediterranean. The average temperature is 9 °C (48 °F). The warmest month is August, at 21 °C, and the coldest is January, at 0 °C. The average rainfall is 1,417 millimetres (55.8 in) per year. The wettest month is March, at 192 millimeters of rain, and the driest is July, at 26 millimetres (1.0 in).

The city makes the park available for rental. The park features more than 3 miles (4.8 km) of walking trails.

Notes

  1. ^ Calculated from the interpolation of all elevation data (DEM 3") from Viewfinder Panoramas, within a 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) radius. The full algorithm is available here.
  2. ^ The highest point above the local horizon, according to elevation data from GeoNames.
  3. ^ More than 20 kilometres (12 mi) away compared to the average density of the Earth, according to GeoNames.

References

  1. ^ "History of Luther Burbank Park". mercerisland.gov. Retrieved 2025-01-18.
  2. ^ Luther Burbank Park sa Geonames.org (cc-by); post updated 2006-01-15; database download sa 2017-02-28
  3. ^ "Viewfinder Panoramas Digital elevation Model". 2015-06-21.
  4. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Population Density". NASA/SEDAC. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  5. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Land Cover Classification". NASA/MODIS. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  6. ^ Peel, M C; Finlayson, B L (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification". Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  7. ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  8. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  9. ^ "Luther Burbank Park Rental". mercerisland.gov. Retrieved 2025-01-18.
  10. ^ "Luther Burbank Park". Washington Trails Association. Retrieved 2025-01-18.
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