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Riverside Park

Riverside Park from directly overhead

Riverside Park is a nature reserve in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Bettes Tower Hill stands 260 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Robinson Forest Open Space, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates43.02610, -86.03385

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Eastmanville Farm: 2.6 mi
  • Robinson Boating Access Site: 2.7 mi
  • Robinson Township Park: 3.7 mi
  • St. Luke Playground: 4.2 mi
  • Stearns Creek Park: 4.3 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves: 42
Historic sites: 31
Museums: 31
  • Coopersville Historical Museum: 5.6 mi
  • Community Archive and Research Center: 9.1 mi
  • Old Borculo Schoolhouse Museum: 9.8 mi
  • Midwest Miniatures Museum: 10.0 mi
  • Tri-Cities Historical Museum: 10.3 mi
Attractions: 24
Gardens: 11
Beaches: 10
Rest areas: 4
  • Fruitport Rest Area 502: 5.7 mi
  • Zeeland Rest Area 528: 15.0 mi
  • Saugatuck Rest Area 727: 23.2 mi
  • Rockford Rest Area 525: 23.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • The Pines: 16.7 mi
  • Fairchild Park: 16.8 mi
  • Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
Peaks: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Riverside Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bettes Tower HillENE 59°260 m17.6 mi
BaldySSW 204°233 m21.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4819:1919:56
June solstice06:0620:4421:28
September equinox07:3219:0619:43
December solstice08:1316:2717:13

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262634455767716963514031
Precip in2.82.02.33.73.83.53.63.13.43.73.12.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grand Haven Wwtp, 9 mi away.

  • autumn olive14 obs
  • Bluegill9 obs
  • White-tailed Deer8 obs
  • Northern Leopard Frog8 obs
  • staghorn sumac8 obs
  • Largemouth Bass8 obs
  • dame's rocket7 obs
  • butterfly milkweed7 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/158973548

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