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Riverside Park

Riverside Park from directly overhead

Riverside Park is a park in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 136 m. Steadman Hill stands 705 m to the west, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Comptu Cascade Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 4.1 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates43.30516, -72.49645

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Nature reserves
Museums: 27
Historic sites: 21
Beaches: 13
Covered bridges: 11
Waterfalls: 9
  • Hidden Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Gerry's Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Buttermilk Lower Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Buttermilk Middle Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Buttermilk Upper Falls: 14.8 mi
Attractions: 6
Artworks: 5
  • Smith's clothespin: 0.8 mi
  • Newport's Golden Eagle: 16.8 mi
  • Art Gallery: 16.9 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 22.2 mi
  • Bear: 24.4 mi
Cliffs: 3
Gardens: 2
Rest areas: 2
Picnic sites: 1
Springs: 1
  • (seasonal): 23.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Riverside Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Steadman HillW 271°705 m8.8 mi
Hawks MountainNW 316°645 m6.1 mi
Ingraham HillW 266°591 m8.2 mi
Ball HillWNW 301°570 m7.7 mi
Hardy HillNNW 338°530 m9.4 mi
Blake HillSW 226°529 m9.3 mi
Little Ascutney MountainN 357°525 m8.3 mi
Butternut HillW 263°511 m7.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1119:5120:34
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:2015:3116:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192231435665706860483726
Precip in2.72.52.73.93.84.04.23.94.15.13.23.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N Springfield Lake, 2 mi away.

  • Black-tipped Darner31 obs
  • Autumn Meadowhawk27 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee25 obs
  • Azure Bluet22 obs
  • Common Green Darner21 obs
  • Eastern Forktail21 obs
  • Slaty Skimmer21 obs
  • Widow Skimmer17 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/354418567

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