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Riverside Park

Riverside Park from directly overhead

Riverside Park is a park in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Ivy Hill stands 200 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is 1640 Light Street, a park 0.2 miles away. Baltimore's Historic Charles Street passes 0.3 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1905-02-17

How to reach it

Coordinates39.26884, -76.60833

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 1640 Light Street: 0.2 mi
  • Elijah's Park: 0.2 mi
  • Henry Street Park: 0.4 mi
  • South Baltimore Little League: 0.5 mi
  • Swann Park: 0.7 mi
Gardens
Museums
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions: 60
Nature reserves
Peaks: 27
  • Federal Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Tank Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 4.7 mi
  • German Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Bend Hill: 5.3 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • Etting Park: Hope Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Avalon Area: 6.9 mi
  • Glen Artney Area: 6.9 mi
  • Hilton Shelters: 7.5 mi
  • Orange Grove Area: 7.8 mi
Beaches: 16
Cliffs: 10
  • Quarry (former): 9.6 mi
  • Quarry (former): 9.6 mi
  • Quarry (former): 9.7 mi
  • Friction Wall: 9.8 mi
  • Balancing Reservoir Spillway: 11.0 mi
Springs: 5
  • Crises Spring: 4.2 mi
  • Mountain Pass Spring: 4.4 mi
  • Marble Springs: 11.1 mi
  • Sandy Spring: 23.8 mi
  • Indian Springs: 24.1 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 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
Ivy HillNNW 345°200 m13.6 mi
Oregon RidgeNNW 345°191 m15.6 mi
Chestnut HillW 280°169 m10.2 mi
The BunkerNW 311°157 m19.7 mi
Abell RidgeN 352°155 m10.0 mi
Satyr HillNNE 20°151 m10.0 mi
Cherry HillNNE 31°149 m16.9 mi
Cub HillNNE 25°147 m11.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:19
June solstice05:4119:5720:37
September equinox06:5518:3019:05
December solstice07:2316:0516:47

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F373947586777827973615041
Precip in3.12.83.93.53.43.44.74.34.53.53.03.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maryland SCI CTR, under a mile away.

  • White-throated Sparrow1,089 obs
  • Mallard1,036 obs
  • Common Yellowthroat556 obs
  • Ovenbird516 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron497 obs
  • Atlantic Blue Crab436 obs
  • House Sparrow422 obs
  • Canada Goose382 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/103285201

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