Riverside
Riverside is a ghost town in Mississippi, at a modelled elevation of 90 m. Bald Knob stands 185 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Puskus Lake Recreation Area, a park 5.0 miles away. Great River Road passes 54 miles off. 80 named places lie within 25 miles, 18 of them named summits.
human settlement in Lafayette County, Mississippi, United States
How to reach it
- 54.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
80 named places within 25 miles
- Puskus Lake Recreation Area: 5.0 mi
- Graham Wildlife Management Area: 6.9 mi
- North Cypress Lake Recreation Area: 7.3 mi
- Redmans Bluff Public Use Area: 11.8 mi
- Wall Doxey State Park: 12.2 mi
- Rook Hill: 7.8 mi
- Liberty Hill: 10.3 mi
- Darden Hills: 10.6 mi
- Saddlers Hill: 11.3 mi
- Sand Hill: 13.8 mi
- L.Q.C. Lamar House Museum: 12.9 mi
- Burns-Belfry Museum and Multicultural Center: 13.4 mi
- University of Mississippi Museum: 13.7 mi
- Ida B Wells-Barnett Museum: 18.7 mi
- Civil War Earthworks at Tallahatchie Crossing: 7.8 mi
- William Faulkner statue: 13.3 mi
- James Meredith statue: 14.1 mi
- Sardis Waterfowl Refuge: 13.1 mi
- Bailey Woods: 13.9 mi
- Strawberry Plains Audubon Center: 22.8 mi
- The Grove: 13.9 mi
- Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center: 14.2 mi
- S-1: 6.7 mi
- Dogtown: 17.5 mi
- Point 8: 18.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Riverside. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | ENE 61° | 185 m | 22.9 mi |
| Suttles Rocks | NE 40° | 178 m | 20.4 mi |
| Hunters Hill | NE 41° | 177 m | 14.2 mi |
| Thacker Mountain | SW 225° | 174 m | 17.6 mi |
| Lowe Mountain | SW 236° | 174 m | 24.7 mi |
| Liberty Hill | SSE 154° | 166 m | 10.3 mi |
| Beulah Hill | NE 46° | 163 m | 21.7 mi |
| Banana Hill | ENE 60° | 162 m | 20.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:37 | 20:14 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:23 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:01 | 16:13 | 16:52 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 42 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 76 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 61 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 6.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hickory Flat, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- Mississippi Hills · 20 mi
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