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Riverside Park

Riverside Park from directly overhead

Riverside Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 265 m. Liberty Pole Hill stands 338 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Lowell Street Park, a park 0.2 miles away. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
265 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.91312, -89.22017

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Fish Camp Launch: 5.4 mi
  • Geshe Sopa Memorial: 7.5 mi
  • American Legion Post 534 Memorial: 7.8 mi
  • Albion Acadamy: 7.9 mi
  • Sheepskin School: 7.9 mi
Gardens
  • McFarland Community Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Rimrock/Green Gardens: 11.4 mi
  • Rain Garden: 12.0 mi
  • Badger Fountain of Life Community Garden: 12.2 mi
  • Quann Community Gardens: 12.5 mi
Artworks
  • Robert the Gorilla: 10.3 mi
  • Monona Sails: 10.6 mi
  • Monona M: 11.1 mi
  • Seasonal Inspirations: 12.0 mi
  • Wizard: 12.0 mi
Attractions: 58
Museums: 31
Beaches: 23
  • Troll Beach: 0.3 mi
  • La Follette Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Pet Swim Area: 4.1 mi
  • Frost Woods Beach: 11.5 mi
  • Esther Beach: 11.6 mi
Peaks: 15
Springs: 8
  • Big Spring: 14.0 mi
  • Ho Nee Um Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Council Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Merrill Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Springs: 19.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Williams Knoll: 4.1 mi
  • Picnic Table and Gazebo: 12.6 mi
  • Tribal Council Picnic: 18.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Cascade Aerator: 15.4 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Liberty Pole HillWSW 239°338 m11.2 mi
Liberty MoundNNE 22°326 m7.7 mi
Frederick's HillNW 318°317 m19.8 mi
Mount ZionSE 133°316 m20.7 mi
Mount PleasantW 267°316 m21.5 mi
Mount JuliaW 267°313 m20.1 mi
Badger Mill HillWNW 287°310 m16.5 mi
Eagle HeightsNW 317°308 m16.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:1919:5720:40
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:2515:4016:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192234465868727062503624
Precip in1.61.72.23.94.35.23.84.33.53.02.51.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stoughton Wwtp, under a mile away.

  • white snakeroot77 obs
  • bittersweet nightshade70 obs
  • common buckthorn57 obs
  • white clover38 obs
  • box elder36 obs
  • Eastern Boxelder Bug36 obs
  • Mallard35 obs
  • ground-ivy33 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/24927717

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