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Riverside Park

Riverside Park from directly overhead

Riverside Park is a park in Wisconsin, at a modelled elevation of 255 m. Liberty Pole Hill stands 338 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Walt Lindemann Sportsman's Park, a park 0.8 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.71283, -89.04011

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves: 49
Historic sites: 29
  • Medal of Honor Memorial: 1.5 mi
  • First State Fair: 2.3 mi
  • New Life Cross: 3.4 mi
  • Milton Veterans Memorial: 6.1 mi
  • Route of Abraham Lincoln 1832 and 1859: 8.3 mi
Museums: 22
Attractions: 12
  • Five Points: 2.3 mi
  • Bessie the Cow: 2.4 mi
  • Skydive the Rock: 15.3 mi
  • Beckman Mill: 15.5 mi
  • Magnolia Cave: 15.8 mi
Gardens: 8
Beaches: 7
  • Lions Beach: 3.4 mi
  • Swimming Beach: 12.2 mi
  • Troll Beach: 16.3 mi
  • Whitewater Beach: 18.0 mi
  • La Follette Beach: 19.8 mi
Artworks: 7
Peaks: 5
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Williams Knoll: 20.2 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 HillWNW 293°338 m20.4 mi
Liberty MoundNNW 344°326 m21.8 mi
Lone Tree BluffENE 73°320 m19.4 mi
Bald BluffENE 67°317 m23.8 mi
Mount ZionE 92°316 m6.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:09
June solstice05:1919:5520:39
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2415:4016:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202435475969737163513726
Precip in1.61.62.13.64.15.04.24.33.73.02.31.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Afton - Janesville Wwtp, 5 mi away.

  • American Herring Gull17 obs
  • sharp-lobed hepatica16 obs
  • mayapple15 obs
  • rue anemone13 obs
  • Canada yew12 obs
  • Snakewort11 obs
  • false rue anemone11 obs
  • Golden Oyster Mushroom11 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/22770651

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