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Riverside Park

Riverside Park from directly overhead

Riverside Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 63 m. Barnes Hill stands 195 m to the west-southwest, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Boutwell Memorial Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.38057, -71.58308

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Boutwell Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
  • O"Donnell Field: 0.2 mi
  • Apsley Park: 0.4 mi
  • Wood Park: 0.6 mi
  • Liberty Park: 1.0 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Attractions
  • “The Rock” in Marlborough: 1.3 mi
  • Big Green Monster Hedge Maze: 4.1 mi
  • Mini Monster Hedge Maze: 4.1 mi
  • Petting Zoo: 4.1 mi
  • Log Chair: 5.1 mi
Historic sites
  • Hermit Cave: 1.9 mi
  • Marlborough Minute Man Statue: 2.8 mi
  • John Brown Bell: 3.0 mi
  • Old Well: 3.2 mi
  • Benjamin Sawyer's Grist Mill: 3.5 mi
Artworks
Beaches: 34
Cliffs: 17
Picnic sites: 17
  • Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 16.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 9: 16.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 6: 16.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 7: 16.7 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascades: 16.4 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 17.8 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 22.5 mi
  • Trap Falls: 22.5 mi
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 16.3 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 24.5 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 24.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 11.5 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 24.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.3 miles of Riverside Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Barnes HillWSW 257°195 m4.6 mi
Ball HillWSW 248°195 m5.3 mi
Peach HillWNW 301°180 m3.5 mi
Larkin HillW 274°174 m5.3 mi
Wataquadock HillNNW 329°173 m4.6 mi
Sligo HillSSE 163°172 m2.4 mi
Rattlesnake HillW 276°167 m4.7 mi
Pleasant HillSSE 155°164 m3.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1019:4520:27
September equinox06:3418:0818:46
December solstice07:1315:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836485968747264524132
Precip in3.63.34.64.43.74.24.04.43.95.13.84.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maynard 2, 8 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel185 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail126 obs
  • Coyote100 obs
  • Striped Skunk54 obs
  • Gray Fox54 obs
  • American Robin47 obs
  • Common Raccoon44 obs
  • Virginia Opossum34 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 way/29763886

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