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Riverside-Whitney Forest

Riverside-Whitney Forest from directly overhead

Riverside-Whitney Forest is a nature reserve, at a modelled elevation of 80 m. Grasshopper Hill stands 129 m to the southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Riverside Heights Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 3.2 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry

How to reach it

Coordinates44.93661, -75.13117

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Riverside Heights Park: 0.3 mi
  • Battle of Crysler's Farm: 2.5 mi
  • Earl Baker Park: 3.4 mi
  • Morrisburg Waterfront Park: 3.6 mi
  • Wilson Hill State Fish and Game Managemen: 3.8 mi
Historic sites: 37
  • Sir James Pliny Whitney: 0.3 mi
  • The Reverend Johann Samuel Schwerdtfeger: 0.3 mi
  • Battle of Crysler's Farm: 3.0 mi
  • Pioneer Memorial: 3.1 mi
  • War: 3.8 mi
Museums: 13
  • Aultsville Train Station: 2.0 mi
  • Battle of Crysler's Farm National Historic Site: 3.0 mi
  • Upper Canada Interprative Centre: 5.7 mi
  • Doran Bay Model Ship Museum: 9.4 mi
  • Dundas County Archives: 10.7 mi
Nature reserves: 11
Beaches: 9
  • Crysler Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Morrisburg Beach: 3.4 mi
  • Waddington Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Woodlands Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Iroquois Beach: 10.8 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower Lock Viewing Deck and Interpretive Center: 14.1 mi
  • The Frank S. McCullough, Jr. Hawkins Point Visitors Center: 16.9 mi
  • Battle of the Windmill National Historic Site: 23.0 mi
  • Giant ADK Chair: 24.0 mi
  • Giant ADK Chair: 24.0 mi
Peaks: 5
  • Nichols Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Wilson Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Marble Hill: 13.0 mi
  • Wilbur Hill: 13.3 mi
  • Grasshopper Hill: 17.5 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Doran Point: 2.7 mi
  • Rapide Plat Point: 6.9 mi
  • Point Iroquois: 11.6 mi
  • Long Sault Rapids Point: 12.8 mi
Artworks: 4
Picnic sites: 3
Waterfalls: 1
  • Allen Falls: 23.8 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Permaculture Garden: 24.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grasshopper HillSE 134°129 m17.5 mi
Marble HillSE 139°121 m13.0 mi
Wilbur HillSSE 149°120 m13.3 mi
Wilson HillE 101°84 m3.9 mi
Nichols HillSE 144°77 m2.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3419:13
June solstice05:1520:0620:51
September equinox06:4818:2119:00
December solstice07:3615:3416:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161829435665706860483624
Precip in2.11.62.02.93.13.73.53.43.53.42.62.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Massena Intl AP, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/669435752

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