Riverside Park
Riverside Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Gambles Hill stands 44 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Soldiers' Monument, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Lee's Retreat passes 7.8 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2 m
How to reach it
- 7.8 mi off the Lee's Retreat
- 28.8 mi off the Colonial Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Soldiers' Monument: 0.1 mi
- Fort Brady: 6.9 mi
- Peter Jones Trading Station: 7.8 mi
- Parsonage Ruins: 8.4 mi
- Fort Hoke: 9.1 mi
- Three and a Half Street Playground: 0.4 mi
- Hopewell Community Center: 0.6 mi
- City Park: 0.6 mi
- Washington Circle: 0.7 mi
- Fort Abbott Park: 1.1 mi
- Big Bike: 9.1 mi
- The Giant Cigarette: 13.8 mi
- Uneeda Biscuit ghost sign: 17.0 mi
- I Can't Breathe: 17.2 mi
- Mr. Smedley Statue: 17.3 mi
- Garber Street Community Garden: 15.4 mi
- Powhatan Hill Community Garden: 15.7 mi
- Oak Grove Community Garden: 16.0 mi
- Chimborazo Native Garden: 16.3 mi
- Stockton Community Garden: 16.5 mi
- City Point History Museum: 1.4 mi
- Womens Museum: 5.0 mi
- Quartermaster Museum: 5.1 mi
- Berkeley Plantation: 6.5 mi
- Keystone Antique Tractor Museum: 6.6 mi
- Henricus: 5.9 mi
- Virginia Motorsports Park: 15.9 mi
- Triple Crossing: 17.3 mi
- RVA on Wheels: 17.5 mi
- Kanawha Plaza Fountain: 17.8 mi
- Chimborazo Spring: 16.3 mi
- Fonticello Lithia Spring: 17.1 mi
- Buttermilk Spring: 17.5 mi
- Forest Hill Spring: 17.7 mi
- Wayside Spring: 18.2 mi
- Blanco Mount: 4.0 mi
- Kimages Hill: 4.9 mi
- Lamptie Hill: 6.3 mi
- Malvern Hill: 7.1 mi
- Evelynton Heights: 8.3 mi
- Ware Bottom Church Battlefield Park: 5.7 mi
- New Market Park: 8.7 mi
- James River National Wildlife Refuge: 9.1 mi
- Kittewan: 13.0 mi
- Game Farm Marsh Wildlife Management Area: 17.9 mi
- Point of Rocks: 2.3 mi
- Hardens Bluff: 5.4 mi
- Chaffin Bluff: 9.8 mi
- Drewrys Bluff: 10.7 mi
- Drewrys Bluff: 10.7 mi
- Picnic Shelter 2: 8.2 mi
- Picnic Shelter 1: 8.2 mi
- Toe Ink Wayside: 15.2 mi
- Pony Pasture - James River Park: 21.0 mi
- Carson Safety Rest Area: 20.7 mi
- Beach Area: 21.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gambles Hill | NNW 334° | 44 m | 18.0 mi |
| Turkey Hill | N 4° | 43 m | 17.9 mi |
| Malvern Hill | NNE 27° | 41 m | 7.1 mi |
| Minitree Hill | NE 55° | 36 m | 18.0 mi |
| Evelynton Heights | ENE 78° | 28 m | 8.3 mi |
| Blanco Mount | N 351° | 25 m | 4.0 mi |
| Lamptie Hill | NE 41° | 24 m | 6.3 mi |
| Kimages Hill | ENE 57° | 17 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:55 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:15 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 44 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 76 | 80 | 78 | 73 | 62 | 52 | 44 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hopewell, 1 mi away.
- Heermann's Gull29 obs
- American pokeweed22 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee21 obs
- Bald Eagle17 obs
- Spicebush Swallowtail17 obs
- Canada Goose16 obs
- Paper mulberry15 obs
- Orange-crowned Warbler14 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/838612828
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