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Riverland Amusement Park

Riverland Amusement Park from directly overhead

Riverland Amusement Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 189 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Clinton River Heritage Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 10 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
189 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.61930, -83.03092
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Clinton River Heritage Park: 0.2 mi
  • Benjamin Hadley Park: 0.4 mi
  • Greeley Park: 0.5 mi
  • Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
  • Notre Dame Park: 0.6 mi
Attractions
  • Abandoned Dragline Excavator: 1.8 mi
  • Burgess-Shadbush Nature Center: 3.0 mi
  • Mead Road Hill: 7.6 mi
  • Old Tennis Court: 8.0 mi
  • Shelden Estate Wall: 8.0 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Gardens: 59
Museums: 58
Beaches: 21
  • Secret Beach: 2.3 mi
  • Eastwood Beach: 7.8 mi
  • Baypoint Beach: 8.2 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 11.3 mi
  • Lone Pine Beach: 15.3 mi
Peaks: 13
  • Mt. Sheldon: 8.3 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 8.3 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 11.8 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 12.4 mi
  • New Bald Mountain: 14.3 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • Southdale Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 11.6 mi
  • Main picnic site: 11.6 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 11.6 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 11.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 18.0 mi
  • Adair Rest Area 909: 22.3 mi
  • Clarkston Rest Area 904: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillWNW 298°388 m12.4 mi
Mount ChristieNW 321°387 m23.7 mi
Grampian HillsNNW 327°375 m16.0 mi
Pine KnobWNW 297°367 m19.2 mi
Bald MountainWNW 301°351 m11.8 mi
Twombly MountainN 349°349 m15.6 mi
Mount JudahWNW 295°345 m15.1 mi
Waterford HillWNW 288°342 m20.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:44
June solstice05:5520:3121:14
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
December solstice08:0016:1617:02

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252635465768727063524030
Precip in2.21.72.43.43.63.33.83.73.22.82.62.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Clemens ANG Base, 11 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • large white trillium52 obs
  • common pawpaw45 obs
  • dame's rocket44 obs
  • White-tailed Deer43 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty42 obs
  • garlic mustard40 obs
  • Mallard38 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel36 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/479621361

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