Martin Luther King Junior Park
Martin Luther King Junior Park is a park in Gregg, Texas which is located on 6th Avenue. Martin Luther King Junior Park is situated nearby to the community center Martin Luther King Jr Community Building, as well as near Bethel Baptist Church.- Type: Park
- Also known as: “Southside park”
- Address: 6th Avenue, Kilgore, TX 75662
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Anne Dean Turk Performing Arts Center and Driller Park.
Anne Dean Turk Performing Arts Center
Theater building
The Anne Dean Turk Performing Arts Center also called the Anne Dean Turk Fine Arts Center is a performing arts venue and art museum located on the campus of Kilgore College in Kilgore, Texas. Anne Dean Turk Performing Arts Center is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Martin Luther King Junior Park.
Driller Park
Stadium
Driller Park was originally a minor league baseball stadium in Kilgore, Texas, US, constructed in 1947 for the Kilgore Drillers and refurbished in 2008 for the East Texas Pump Jacks of the Texas Collegiate League. Driller Park is situated 1½ miles south of Martin Luther King Junior Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kilgore and Downtown Kilgore.
Kilgore
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Kilgore is in the Central Piney Woods region of East Texas. Home to slightly less than 14,000 residents, Kilgore is often identified as the "Oil Capital of East Texas", due to its proximity near the center of the vast East Texas Oilfield.
Downtown Kilgore
Neighborhood
Kilgore is a city in the Gregg and Rusk counties in Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 13,376. It is located where Interstate 20 and US 259 converge south of the Sabine River.
Laird Hill
Hamlet
Laird Hill is an unincorporated community in northwestern Rusk County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 405 in 2000. It is located within the Longview, Texas metropolitan area. Laird Hill is situated 3 miles southwest of Martin Luther King Junior Park.
Martin Luther King Junior Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Gregg, Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.39402° or 32° 23′ 39″ northLongitude
-94.88122° or 94° 52′ 52″ westNamed after
Martin Luther King Jr.Open location code
864794V9+JGOpenStreetMap ID
way 561100680OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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