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Riverside Park

Riverside Park from directly overhead

Riverside Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 185 m. Capper's Peak stands 298 m to the north-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Western Michigan Old Engine Club, a museum 0.3 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
185 m

What to expect

Operated by
City of Scottville
Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates43.94527, -86.27575

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Optimist Park: 0.6 mi
  • McPhail Field: 0.8 mi
  • Hackert Lake Boating Access Site: 3.7 mi
  • Liv Wildwood Bark Park: 5.8 mi
  • Pleiness Lake Boating Access Site: 6.5 mi
Nature reserves: 34
Museums: 9
Beaches: 8
Artworks: 6
Peaks: 4
  • Capper's Peak: 19.8 mi
  • Udell Hills: 20.2 mi
  • Sunset Hill: 20.9 mi
  • Test Hill: 21.0 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Notipekago: 2.9 mi
  • Oceana County Veterans Monument: 17.2 mi
  • Marlborough Cement Factory: 22.4 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Ludington Rest Area 328: 8.8 mi
  • Hart Rest Area 530: 21.1 mi
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
Capper's PeakNNE 31°298 m19.8 mi
Udell HillsNNE 28°237 m20.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:1919:58
June solstice06:0320:4821:32
September equinox07:3319:0619:44
December solstice08:1716:2317:11

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232533445564686760483828

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ludington 4 SE, 7 mi away.

  • cardinal flower5 obs
  • alder buckthorn2 obs
  • White-marked Tussock Moth2 obs
  • Pale Beauty2 obs
  • Dimorphic Jumping Spider2 obs
  • Snowberry Clearwing2 obs
  • Solitary Sandpiper1 obs
  • Wood Duck1 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/1005600470

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