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Riverfront Park

Riverfront Park from directly overhead

Riverfront Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 18 m. Mount Tom stands 363 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is McKinley Memorial, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 15 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Springfield Parks and Recreation Department
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.09753, -72.58958

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • McKinley Memorial: 0.2 mi
  • Vietnam Memorial: 0.2 mi
  • Marine Memorial: 0.2 mi
  • Korean War Memorial: 0.2 mi
  • Springfield War Memorial: 0.2 mi
Parks
  • Leonardo da Vinci Park: 0.2 mi
  • Tower Square Park: 0.4 mi
  • Bruce's Landing: 0.4 mi
  • Pynchon Park: 0.4 mi
  • Steiger Park: 0.4 mi
Artworks
Museums
Gardens: 60
Peaks
  • Laurel Hill: 1.5 mi
  • McCarthy Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Liswell Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Scott Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 5.2 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions: 34
  • Springfield Museums: 0.5 mi
  • Seymour Planetarium: 0.5 mi
  • World War II Tank: 3.4 mi
  • New England Sky Screamer: 4.1 mi
  • Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 7.5 mi
Waterfalls: 25
  • Cascade: 14.8 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Waterfall: 16.5 mi
  • Carpenter's Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 17.6 mi
Cliffs: 15
Beaches: 14
Springs: 5
  • Rd: 7.4 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 7.5 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 7.5 mi
  • Big Spring: 23.4 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 3.0 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 4.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 20.6 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 20.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Riverfront Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TomNNW 343°363 m10.4 mi
DeadtopNNW 346°333 m11.1 mi
Rattlesnake HillESE 115°323 m10.3 mi
Bald MountainSE 128°322 m11.7 mi
Pine MountainESE 111°319 m10.3 mi
Whiting PeakNNW 347°305 m11.5 mi
Bald MountainESE 114°303 m10.5 mi
Perkins MountainESE 119°298 m10.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1519:4820:30
September equinox06:3818:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252836485967737163514131
Precip in2.72.63.44.13.74.44.23.74.64.73.53.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westfield Barnes Muni AP, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly42 obs
  • bittersweet nightshade32 obs
  • common milkweed30 obs
  • Mallard29 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel26 obs
  • American Robin25 obs
  • Great Blue Heron22 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird22 obs

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/29857714

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