Riverside Park
Riverside Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 185 m. Sherrill Mound stands 374 m to the southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Memorial, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Great River Road runs past it. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 185 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- On the Great River Road, National
- 6.9 mi off the River Bluffs Scenic Byway
- 20.8 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
- 23.9 mi off the Delaware Crossing Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Allison Point · 21 mi
- Shiras Point · 21 mi
- River Viewing Point · 21 mi
- Crows Nest · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Volunteer Park: 0.2 mi
- Dewey Heights Prairie State Natural Area: 2.2 mi
- Cassville Bluffs State Natural Area: 3.3 mi
- Mississippi Valley Overlook: 5.7 mi
- Pickle ball courts: 7.0 mi
- Ram: 20.6 mi
- The Inevitability of Land: 21.5 mi
- Coretta Scott King: 21.5 mi
- Portal: 21.5 mi
- America Needs a Hug: 21.6 mi
- Nelson Dewey State Park: 2.6 mi
- Turkey River Mounds State Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Cassville Bluffs State Natural Area: 3.0 mi
- Merritt Forest State Preserve: 5.9 mi
- Eagle Valley Nature Preserve: 7.8 mi
- Cassville Farmall Museum: 0.3 mi
- Stonefield Historic Site: 2.0 mi
- Lockmasters House Heritage Museum: 7.5 mi
- Heritage House Museum: 12.7 mi
- Plagmans Barn Museum: 13.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Veteran’s Memorial: 7.6 mi
- Voie de la Liberté 1944 Milestone: 8.7 mi
- The American Legion & Auxiliary Post #482: 14.5 mi
- Eagle Statue: 21.0 mi
- Guttenberg Fish Hatchery: 7.3 mi
- Field of Dreams: 15.1 mi
- The Grotto: 20.8 mi
- Fenelon Place Elevator: 22.0 mi
- Dark Chambers Haunted Attraction: 22.1 mi
- Hefel Ridge: 2.3 mi
- Sugar Loaf: 4.9 mi
- Balltown Ridge: 6.4 mi
- Sherrill Mound: 12.1 mi
- Sundown Mountain: 15.9 mi
- Pleasant Ridge: 12.2 mi
- Elkport: 14.7 mi
- Sinnipee: 19.3 mi
- Littleport: 19.5 mi
- York: 23.7 mi
- Waterfalls: 13.6 mi
- Tennyson Falls: 16.8 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 21.8 mi
- Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens: 18.5 mi
- Virginia's Garden: 21.1 mi
- Dubuque Rescue Mission Garden: 22.2 mi
- Kellys Bluff: 22.0 mi
- Point Ann: 23.4 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff: 24.7 mi
- Big Spring: 9.2 mi
- Wyalusing Beach: 18.1 mi
- Grant County Rest Area 106: 23.0 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherrill Mound | SE 127° | 374 m | 12.1 mi |
| Balltown Ridge | SE 143° | 355 m | 6.4 mi |
| Chicken Ridge | WNW 287° | 355 m | 24.0 mi |
| Sundown Mountain | SSE 147° | 348 m | 15.9 mi |
| Mondell Hill | NNW 347° | 347 m | 24.5 mi |
| Centenial Cross | SE 141° | 312.816 m | 23.7 mi |
| Pine Knob | N 11° | 302 m | 21.5 mi |
| Hefel Ridge | S 170° | 281 m | 2.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:39 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 20:03 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 15:48 | 16:34 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 23 | 36 | 49 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 38 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Guttenberg L&D 10, 8 mi away.
- Cedar Waxwing4 obs
- Freshwater Drum4 obs
- Turkey Vulture2 obs
- Baltimore Oriole2 obs
- Painted-cup paintbrush2 obs
- Smallmouth Bass2 obs
- Fiery Skipper2 obs
- Eastern Cottonwood2 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/238264964
Day trips start here
- Dubuque · 22 mi
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