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Riverside

Riverside from directly overhead

Riverside is a ghost town in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 167 m. Ketcherside Mountain stands 515 m to the north-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away. Great River Road passes 69 miles off.

human settlement in Reynolds County, Missouri, United States of America

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Coordinates37.23838, -90.77040
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Red Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Shy Mountain: 1.1 mi
  • Round Mountain: 2.1 mi
  • Finley Mountain: 2.9 mi
  • Lewis Mountain: 5.0 mi
Parks: 19
  • Clearwater Lake State Wildlife Management Area: 3.6 mi
  • Bluff View Public Use Area: 4.1 mi
  • Highway K Public Use Area: 6.0 mi
  • Webb Creek Public Use Area: 6.5 mi
  • Thurman Point Public Use Area: 6.5 mi
Cliffs: 18
Springs: 17
  • Cave Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Blue Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Reeds Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Gravel Spring: 17.8 mi
  • Double Springs Hollow: 18.6 mi
Ghost towns: 16
Museums: 2
Waterfalls: 2
Historic sites: 1
  • Jesse James 1st train robbery: 4.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Skyline Roadside Park: 10.7 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Tip Top Roadside Park: 22.9 mi
Attractions: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of Riverside. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ketcherside MountainNNE 16°515 m20.5 mi
Hogan MountainN 9°513 m19.7 mi
Church MountainN 358°501 m20.4 mi
Vickery MountainN 3°487 m18.1 mi
Victory MountainN 8°477 m22.0 mi
Patterson MountainNNE 32°457 m20.6 mi
Goggins MountainNNW 343°452 m21.8 mi
Clark MountainESE 118°439 m6.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4119:15
June solstice05:4419:4920:27
September equinox06:5218:2719:02
December solstice07:1416:0916:50

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333847576674797769574637
Precip in3.43.24.75.35.03.94.63.23.83.44.63.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clearwater DAM, 7 mi away.

Sources

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Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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