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Riverfront Park

Riverfront Park from directly overhead

Riverfront Park is a park in Oregon, at a recorded elevation of 47 m. Mount Sykes stands 614 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Tom McCall (Governor of Oregon), a artwork 0.1 miles away. Silver Falls passes 7.1 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
47 m

What to expect

Operated by
City of Salem

How to reach it

Coordinates44.94238, -123.04288

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Marion Square Park: 0.3 mi
  • Union Street Railroad Bridge: 0.3 mi
  • Union Street Railroad Bridge: 0.4 mi
  • Mill Race Beautification: 0.4 mi
  • Mill Race Beautification: 0.4 mi
Peaks
  • Chapman Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Grice Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Wallace Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Illahe Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Zosel Hill: 4.5 mi
Museums: 29
Artworks: 23
Historic sites: 19
Attractions: 14
  • Salem Riverfront Carousel: 0.1 mi
  • Blue Car Wreck: 2.6 mi
  • Steam Sawmill: 8.3 mi
  • Aldersgate Camps and Retreats: 8.4 mi
  • Mushroom House: 18.2 mi
Gardens: 14
Waterfalls: 14
Ghost towns: 11
Picnic sites: 4
  • Mission Lake Day-Use Area A: 9.5 mi
  • Mission Lake Day-Use Area B: 9.6 mi
  • Filbert Grove Day-Use Area: 9.7 mi
  • Number 2: 13.3 mi
Beaches: 2
Cliffs: 2
Springs: 2
  • Giesy Spring: 23.3 mi
  • Sulfer Springs: 24.6 mi
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of Riverfront Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount SykesWSW 254°614 m23.1 mi
Mount BrownW 261°591 m21.9 mi
Forest PeakSW 217°572.1 m22.6 mi
High HillENE 77°568 m23.9 mi
McCully MountainESE 122°513 m24.2 mi
BlacktailESE 113°491 m19.5 mi
Silverton HillsE 89°461 m17.7 mi
Rogers MountainSE 140°438.912 m24.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4619:25
June solstice05:2620:1821:03
September equinox07:0018:3319:11
December solstice07:4815:4516:34

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424448515863696964544641
Precip in6.14.54.33.12.21.30.30.41.53.55.97.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salem AP (mcnary Field), 3 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel673 obs
  • Mallard669 obs
  • Oregon oak327 obs
  • California Gall Wasp292 obs
  • California Scrub-Jay267 obs
  • American Robin266 obs
  • Canada Goose262 obs
  • American Crow255 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/30264106

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