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Riverside Park

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Riverside Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 242 m. Mount Nethaway stands 267 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is All Kids Playground, a park 0.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 119 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
242 m

What to expect

Operated by
City of DeWitt
Access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.83985, -84.56827

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • All Kids Playground: 0.1 mi
  • Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
  • River Trail Park: 0.1 mi
  • Elmwood Park: 0.4 mi
  • Percy Carris Park: 0.5 mi
Artworks
  • Elementary: 6.9 mi
  • Geometry: 6.9 mi
  • Delight: 6.9 mi
  • Newton’s Cube: 7.0 mi
  • Reflections: 7.0 mi
Historic sites: 41
Gardens: 28
  • Slater Commuity Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Towar Community Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Shigematsu Memorial Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Rain Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Perennial Butterfly Garden: 7.6 mi
Museums: 20
Attractions: 9
Rest areas: 8
  • DeWitt Rest Area 831: 4.8 mi
  • Grand Ledge Rest Area 825: 8.0 mi
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 13.2 mi
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 13.2 mi
  • Woodbury Rest Area 830: 13.4 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Area 6: 8.4 mi
  • Picnic Area 5: 8.4 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 8.5 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 8.5 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 8.5 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Sleepy Hollow State Park Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow Dog Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Bitcoin Beach North: 11.6 mi
  • Clinton Lakes Dog Beach: 14.9 mi
Peaks: 4
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount NethawayE 79°267 m20.5 mi
Hog IslandE 85°259 m22.5 mi
Bradshaw HillNNE 29°238 m17.2 mi
The IslandNNW 334°216 m19.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1319:51
June solstice06:0120:3821:21
September equinox07:2619:0019:37
December solstice08:0716:2217:08

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475868727063514030
Precip in2.11.72.13.33.73.82.93.52.83.22.51.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lansing Capital City AP, 5 mi away.

  • American Robin106 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel84 obs
  • wild geranium82 obs
  • White-tailed Deer58 obs
  • autumn olive51 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail47 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel39 obs
  • mayapple39 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/38224243

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