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King · District 2 · Mid-size park · 2.6 acres
Dr Martin Luther King Jr School Park
Developed parkPublic entry documented
The captured official page publishes visiting hours. Check the source for current closures. Public-entry status is separate from wheelchair accessibility.
Classification and evidence
Official page label: Park; Atlas classification rules. Classification: inferred.
Source captured: 2026-06-02. Human verification: Pending.
Check current official informationConfirm the inferred property type with PP&R.
Published activities: let my kids play, play on a field, and shoot hoops.
Hours
5:00am-midnight
Getting there
NE 6th Avenue and Humboldt Street Portland, OR 97211
Dogs
Dogs on leash
Photo from the City's park pagePark history
In 1968, Highland School’s name was changed to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. School, just weeks after Dr. King’s assassination. The effort was student-led and was formally recognized by a visit by Senator Edward Kennedy and dedication ceremony on May 9, 1968. When the adjacent park opened in 1979, it took on the name of King School Park. In 2022, the park name was formally corrected to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School Park to align the name of the park with the school and properly honor Dr. King by using his honorific.
From the City's page for this park.
Visitor amenities
Published amenities are checked separately from entry conditions. Each links to other documented locations; confirm current hours before visiting.
…stay a while
- sit down to eatPicnic table
…play
- let my kids playPlayground
…compete
- play on a courtAny sport court
- shoot hoopsBasketball court
- play on a fieldAny sport field
- play soccerSoccer or futsal field
- play ballBaseball or softball
- run lapsRunning track
…get here and move
- be in a parkAny park
- walk or roll on pavementPaved path
- walk a soft pathUnpaved path
Potential additions to investigate
Passing the initial size-and-type screen is not a feasibility finding. Usable space, existing uses, habitat, public access, utilities, permission, construction costs, and ongoing maintenance funding require site-specific review. Missing acreage or uncertain classification remains unassessed.
Enabling assets recorded
- Youth drop-in — Free unstructured play with somewhere for adults to sit.
- Nature education — Environmental programs and guided walks.
One addition to investigate
- Evening use — needs restroom
- League play — needs restroom
- Summer water play — needs splash pad or wading pool or all swimming pools or interactive fountain
- Markets & festivals — needs restroom
Outside the size-and-type screen for this 2.6-acre park property: be inside when it rains (indoor space or community center or arts or cultural center or gymnasium).
Inventory-based screening only. Recorded assets do not establish opening hours, program staffing, permission, or operating funding. Potential additions require review of usable space, habitat, utilities, access, and ongoing maintenance. Unverified properties remain unassessed.
What else should this park let you do?
Something specific to this park — the thing you'd use it for if it were here.
Send an idea for this park →School grounds nearby
Public school grounds within a half mile, by straight line. What is listed is what OpenStreetMap mappers have recorded, not an inventory. The district sets public access.
- KairosPDX · Portland Public Schools · 3.3 acres0.5 mi
Nothing recorded inside the grounds yet.
Beyond parks explains what opening a school ground would take.
School grounds: Metro RLIS. Features inside them: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Through the year
Seasonal facilities and listings captured by the Atlas. These records do not measure attendance, utilization or all activity at the site.
Counts describe captured listings, not attendance or all activity. No listings captured does not mean the site is unused.
Winter
Dec–Feb
Dark by 5 and wet most days: cover, lighting, indoor rooms, and paths that drain.
- walk or roll on pavement
- sit down to eat
- be in a park
- let my kids play
- play on a court
- shoot hoops
+2 more
- run laps
- walk a soft path
0 programs · 0 events starts captured
Fewest modeled facilities
Spring
Mar–May
Fields and gardens open; showers between sun. Leagues, planting, first picnics.
- let my kids play
- play on a field
- play soccer
- play ball
- walk a soft path
- sit down to eat
+5 more
- be in a park
- play on a court
- shoot hoops
- run laps
- walk or roll on pavement
0 programs · 0 events starts captured
Summer
Jun–Aug
Water, shade, long evenings — the season the system is built around.
- sit down to eat
- be in a park
- let my kids play
- play on a court
- shoot hoops
- play on a field
+5 more
- play soccer
- play ball
- run laps
- walk or roll on pavement
- walk a soft path
0 programs · 0 events starts captured
Fall
Sep–Nov
Light shortens and leagues wind down; shelters and lighting carry the season.
- play on a field
- sit down to eat
- be in a park
- let my kids play
- play on a court
- shoot hoops
+5 more
- play soccer
- play ball
- run laps
- walk or roll on pavement
- walk a soft path
0 programs · 0 events starts captured
What the record holds here, by season
| Season | Programs | Recurring events | One-time |
|---|---|---|---|
Winter Dec–Feb Not yet published | — | — | — |
Spring Mar–May Recorded from 2026-06-11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Summer Jun–Aug Recorded from 2026-06-11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Fall Sep–Nov Recorded through 2026-10; 1 month still to come | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Our reading of the calendar
Which facilities count as in season is our model of Portland's year (splash pads and wading pools in summer; fields, gardens and interactive fountains spring through fall; everything else year-round) — not the City's schedule. Check posted hours for pools, splash pads, and restrooms. From 16 weekly catalog snapshots (2026-06-11 to 2026-10-12). "Programs" are distinct titles; "sections" are the catalog's individual records — a swim level at one time slot for one week is one section. Complete through 2026-10; later months fill in as registration opens. Winter counts fill in when winter registration opens.
What's on
No current listings were captured and matched to this property. This does not establish that no activity takes place. See the citywide calendar and programs.
Reserve at Dr Martin Luther King Jr School Park
This park has facilities you can reserve. Booking happens on the city's official systems — every link below goes straight there.
Partners & friends
The whole ecosystemCommunity organizations that steward, fund, operate, or run programs at Dr Martin Luther King Jr School Park. Labels show what is confirmed and what is still being filled in.
Portland Trail BlazersFunds this parkConfirmed
Corporate capital donors
Portland.gov — Dr. MLK Jr. School ParkSupport this park
Real ways to help Dr Martin Luther King Jr School Park and parks like it. This site does not process donations; every link below goes to an official giving or volunteering channel.
Donate via Portland Parks FoundationThe independent nonprofit philanthropic partner for Portland's parks. Gifts support parks and programs citywide.Volunteer with Portland Parks & RecreationJoin official PP&R volunteer and stewardship programs, from work parties to ongoing roles.Find park partners and friends groupsDozens of community organizations steward specific Portland parks. See who works where.
How it's holding up
The City's own inventory of what is here and the condition it last recorded for each item. Dates are the source's; old dates mean no newer public assessment, not that nothing has happened since. Historical project estimates appear below; they are separate from these condition records.
Historical cost profile · 2023 reporting
Dr Martin Luther King Jr School Park
$634K
4 distinct source rows. Proposed repair and improvement costs, not a current funding gap.
All-in annual service cost: Not established
Current remaining repair cost: Not verified
What the estimates cover
Courts, fields & golf$500K
Bridges & retaining walls$85K
Energy & building systems$28.2K
Paths & access$20.8K
Categories are Atlas labels based on project titles. Expansion and new provision are included where proposed; a project can include several kinds of work.
The work, cost & reason (4 source rows)
Replace sport field surface$500,000
Asset as named in source: Futsol court
Recurrence project to replace sport field surface every 10 years
KGW table row 203. Source field: “Escalated Estimate.” Estimate date, inflation basis, funded amount and completion status are not supplied.
Original source table ↗Renovate retaining wall$85,000
Asset as named in source: Retaining wall
investigate and repair or replace retaining walls
KGW table row 202. Source field: “Escalated Estimate.” Estimate date, inflation basis, funded amount and completion status are not supplied.
Original source table ↗ESPC-III_Pathway Lighting to LEDs$28,225
Asset as named in source: Not specified
Pathway Lighting Conversion to LEDs and Controls. Aprox: 8 Poles
KGW table row 204. Source field: “Escalated Estimate.” Estimate date, inflation basis, funded amount and completion status are not supplied.
Original source table ↗Pathway Renovation$20,822
Asset as named in source: Internal Pathway/ Sidewalk
Replace the damaged pathway, trails and sidewalks that have been rated as 4 and 5 in Pathway assessment
KGW table row 205. Source field: “Escalated Estimate.” Estimate date, inflation basis, funded amount and completion status are not supplied.
Original source table ↗10 of 47 assessed built records are rated poor or very bad in the separate condition dataset. Condition ratings do not determine these dollar estimates.
Source: KGW’s November 2023 table. Current status, remaining scope and funding are unverified. Exact duplicate rows count once; other scope overlaps remain unresolved.
Compare repair estimates across parks →Annual service · FY 2026–27 adopted
A complete annual cost is not yet available.
This property has no named account linked in the public budget extract. Shared crews and citywide programs may still fund its care.
Later budget supplements and unallocated shared services are not included.
Annual breakdown & district context →District picture · District 2
This park in the district picture
The same public records, read the same way for every property, so this park can be set next to its district. Each figure keeps its own source and date. “Not available” means the source has no record for this property. It is not a zero.
People nearby
- Residents within a half mile
- 10,666
- Households within a half mile
- 5,187
2020 Census blocks whose centre point lies within a half mile of the park boundary, measured in a straight line. Residents, not visitors. Blocks outside the city limits count.
Recorded backlog
- Open backlog IDs
- 5
- Closed backlog IDs
- 1
Records in the PP&R backlog map workbook that name this property. The workbook publishes no cost field, so these are counts of records, not dollars.
Active capital projects
- Active geocoded projects
- 0
Geocoded PP&R capital projects at this property, a subset of the full capital program. The cost is the published estimated total project cost, not spending to date.
Who is on record
No partner agreement on record
The department-provided directory names no agreement here. Friends groups without a formal agreement are not captured.
From the department-provided partnership directory. It records what is on paper, not who does each task.
Condition across all assets
Citywide condition atlasAcross 47 assessed assets at this park, 21% are in poor or very-bad condition (rated 4–5). Pooled from the City's public assessment layers — buildings, bridges, playgrounds, courts, fields, fences, paths and amenities.
This count comes from the City's rated asset layers; the “Public assets” list below is a separate furnishings inventory, so its items and scores are counted separately and the two totals need not match.
Good · 2Above fair · 10Fair · 25Poor · 9Very bad · 1
Assessed asset families here
Amenities & furnishings2007 (2007–2026)Fences2022Pathways & trailsPlayground equipment2020Sport fieldsSport courts
Condition is rated 1 (good) to 5 (very bad); no score means not yet assessed and is excluded. Park trees are inventoried separately and not counted here. These assessment records do not contain repair costs. Historical project estimates are shown separately.
Repair ledger
Each row is one record from PP&R's public asset layer. No itemized repair cost is published for these records, so none is shown. Dates are the source's last published assessment; treat older ones as unverified.
| Asset | Condition | Status | Replacement | Assessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Drinking Fountain Condition rated poor (code 4). Priority high. Record 0217-DF-1 | Poor condition code 4 | Active | no | 2007-07-20 |
Showing all 1 public repair candidates.
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Send a condition note →Public assets
All 18Furnishings the City inventories here, with each item's condition score — 1 is good, 5 is very bad. Asset photos aren't public yet.
Bench×9
333333232
Picnic Table×5
22322
Permanent Trash Can×3
222
Drinking Fountain×1
4
Official Portland.gov profile
From the City's park page
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School Park on Portland.gov
Celebrate Earth Day by bee-ing a pal to pollinators! We will be working together to install the garden beds around the sports court with native and pollinator-friendly plants. These plants will bloom, bringing new flowers, birds, butterflies, and bees to the park.
Activities will be suitable for youth and adults. Snacks and beverages provided.
For more event details and to register for this event, visit the new PP&R volunteer website!
City label
Park
Year acquired
1979
Official acres
2.637
City section
NE
Neighborhood
King
Hours
Park hours: 5:00am-midnight To reserve a sports field, call 503-823-2525.
Amenities and activities
Picnic tablePlaygroundPaths (paved)Paths (unpaved)TrackSoccer fieldSoftball fieldBasketball courtTennis backboard
All dogs must be leashed in this park.
This page, on a sign
The QR label for this park points here. Print labels →
https://parks.portlandciviclab.org/parks/dr-martin-luther-king-jr-school-park-217?utm_source=park_qr&utm_medium=sign&utm_campaign=park_217
Where this comes from
Facilities from the City's amenity pages and asset layers; hours, photo, and history from the City's park page; programs and events from its catalogs; condition from PortlandMaps public records. Where the City publishes nothing, this page says so instead of guessing.