An LED based lighting fixture for street lighting includes a lighting head unit including a heat sink structure for dissipating heat. Below the heat sink structure is one or more LED circuit boards each including a plurality of low power LEDs oriented in a plurality of different directions. Light emitted from the lighting head unit is cast in a desired pattern of disbursement. A lens unit is attached to the bottom side of the lighting head unit covering the LED circuit board. The lighting fixture includes a mounting unit for mounting the lighting head unit to a fixed structure such that an angle of the lighting head unit may be adjusted to direct the pattern of disbursement of light cast from the lighting head unit to a desired direction.
