Riverside Park
Riverside Park is a park in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 309 m. Cottonwood County Highest Point stands 479 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 18.1 mi off the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 25 mi
- Overlook · 25 mi
- Former Dam Site · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Riverside Park: 0.0 mi
- Browns Park: 0.5 mi
- East End Park: 0.6 mi
- Mound Creek County Park: 9.9 mi
- Red Rock Falls County Park: 10.3 mi
- Site of Sundown Village: 8.9 mi
- Sleepy Eye Welcomes You: 12.1 mi
- Ish Tak Ha Ba Monument: 13.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 13.1 mi
- Fort Ridgely: 19.0 mi
- Jeffers Petroglyphs: 11.0 mi
- Jeffers Petroglyphs Historic Site: 11.0 mi
- Sleepy Eye Depot Museum: 13.0 mi
- Heritage Village Museum: 21.0 mi
- Harkin Store: 21.1 mi
- Jeffers Petroglyphs: 10.7 mi
- 395: 10.8 mi
- 457: 17.5 mi
- Red Rock Ridge High Point: 19.3 mi
- Cottonwood County Highest Point: 19.4 mi
- Red Rock Falls: 10.3 mi
- Swimming Beach: 13.0 mi
- Creek Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
- West Newton: 21.3 mi
- Swaybacked Bridge: 23.0 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood County Highest Point | SW 219° | 479 m | 19.4 mi |
| Red Rock Ridge High Point | SW 231° | 463 m | 19.3 mi |
| Mountain Island | S 170° | 397.7 m | 22.2 mi |
| Jeffers Petroglyphs | SSW 202° | 391 m | 10.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:54 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 20:23 | 21:08 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:41 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:53 | 15:57 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 14 | 18 | 30 | 44 | 58 | 68 | 71 | 69 | 61 | 48 | 33 | 20 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Springfield 1 NW, 1 mi away.
- American Robin2 obs
- white mulberry2 obs
- Eastern Calligrapher2 obs
- bird's-foot trefoil1 obs
- common milkweed1 obs
- American elm1 obs
- Golden-eye Lichen1 obs
- bittersweet nightshade1 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/586717557
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