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Riverside Natural Area

Riverside Natural Area from directly overhead

Riverside Natural Area is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 171 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the south-southwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Officer Bob Gentry Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Presidential Pathways Ohio Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
171 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.37089, -84.56661

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Swirl: 0.7 mi
  • Shhh: 0.7 mi
  • The Gates: 0.7 mi
  • Extent: 0.7 mi
  • Landing: 0.9 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Attractions
Gardens
  • BEEPS Edible Demonstration Garden: 13.0 mi
  • Kase Garden: 13.0 mi
  • Clematis Garden: 13.1 mi
  • Daisy Jones Perennial Garden: 13.1 mi
  • Magnolia Collection: 13.1 mi
Nature reserves: 47
Peaks: 40
  • Heitsmanns Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Rumpke Mountain: 6.8 mi
  • Chill Hill: 10.9 mi
  • Liebrook Hill: 11.6 mi
  • Mount Storm: 15.0 mi
Picnic sites: 27
  • Kingfisher Shelter: 8.0 mi
  • Elm Ridge Overlook Shelter: 8.1 mi
  • Dry Fork Meadow: 12.9 mi
  • Area 1: 13.3 mi
  • Area 2: 13.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
Waterfalls: 2
  • Lower Buckeye Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Buckeye Falls: 10.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Hidden Valley Lake Beach: 20.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rumpke MountainSSW 194°319 m6.8 mi
Elkhorn HillW 266°308 m17.2 mi
English HillW 268°304 m18.9 mi
Gobblers Knob HillW 265°301 m20.1 mi
The MoundsWNW 290°301 m23.8 mi
Cobbs HillW 272°299 m17.9 mi
Wewe HillW 266°299 m23.1 mi
Battle PointWNW 286°298 m23.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1519:50
June solstice06:1220:2921:09
September equinox07:2719:0219:37
December solstice07:5516:3617:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303342536472767568554334
Precip in3.43.03.94.94.94.43.93.43.33.33.23.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fairfield, 2 mi away.

  • Asian Lady Beetle71 obs
  • Western Honey Bee52 obs
  • Monarch50 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee41 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle37 obs
  • Eastern Pondhawk36 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee32 obs
  • Small White30 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 node/357515554

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