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Riverside Park

Riverside Park from directly overhead

Riverside Park is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 254 m. Teaspoon Hill stands 320 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Quentin Park, a park 0.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 126 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
254 m
Getting there

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Coordinates42.72002, -84.57072

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Polaris Ring: 0.9 mi
  • REO Town Sign: 1.0 mi
  • Thomas McIntyre Cooley: 1.1 mi
  • The Rise and Progress of Michigan: 1.2 mi
  • Austin Blair, War Governor of Michigan: 1.3 mi
Nature reserves: 45
  • Fenner Nature Center: 2.7 mi
  • Red Cedar Natural Area: 3.4 mi
  • Bear Lake Natural Area: 3.6 mi
  • Capital City Bird Sanctuary: 4.5 mi
  • Baker Woodlot and Rachana Rajendra Neotropical Migrant Bird Sanctuary: 4.9 mi
Historic sites: 44
Gardens: 27
Museums: 21
Attractions: 8
Rest areas: 8
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 6.4 mi
  • Holt Rest Area 810: 6.4 mi
  • Okemos Rest Area 811: 8.8 mi
  • Grand Ledge Rest Area 825: 9.1 mi
  • Potterville Rest Area 829: 9.4 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Area 6: 0.9 mi
  • Picnic Area 5: 1.0 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 1.0 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 1.1 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 1.1 mi
Peaks: 6
Beaches: 4
  • Sleepy Hollow State Park Beach: 17.5 mi
  • Sleepy Hollow Dog Beach: 17.5 mi
  • Bitcoin Beach North: 17.6 mi
  • Clinton Lakes Dog Beach: 23.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
On the horizon

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
Teaspoon HillSSE 158°320 m17.9 mi
Jerusalem HillsSSW 198°297 m24.1 mi
Holibaugh HillsSSW 195°296 m21.9 mi
Mount NethawayENE 59°267 m23.6 mi
Hog IslandENE 66°259 m24.7 mi
Bradshaw HillNNE 20°238 m24.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1319:51
June solstice06:0120:3821:21
September equinox07:2619:0019:37
December solstice08:0616:2217:08

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475868727063514030
Precip in2.11.72.13.33.73.82.93.52.83.22.51.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lansing Capital City AP, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard85 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel51 obs
  • American Robin35 obs
  • House Sparrow34 obs
  • Western Honey Bee33 obs
  • Monarch31 obs
  • Canada Goose30 obs
  • Northern Cardinal30 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/32728596

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