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Riverside Park West

Riverside Park West from directly overhead

Riverside Park West is a park in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 302 m. Grove Hill stands 521 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Riverside Park East, a park 0.2 miles away. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
302 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.89706, -85.25671

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Riverside Park East: 0.2 mi
  • Evart Skate Park: 0.2 mi
  • Cant Hook Park: 0.3 mi
  • Guyton Park: 0.5 mi
  • City Tennis Courts and Ball Field: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves: 18
Artworks: 14
  • Eiffel Tower: 14.3 mi
  • W.E.T.: 18.0 mi
  • Anna Howard Shaw: 18.0 mi
  • Ferris Arch: 18.2 mi
  • Ripples: 18.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Tustin Rest Area 305: 18.9 mi
  • Big Rapids Rest Area 534: 21.5 mi
  • Cadillac Rest Area 306: 21.5 mi
  • Clare Welcome Center 634: 24.2 mi
Peaks: 3
Gardens: 1
Cliffs: 1
  • Clay Cliff: 18.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Riverside Park West. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grove HillNNW 345°520.9 m17.2 mi
Blue MountainNE 43°377 m24.3 mi
McWatty KnollNE 52°336 m22.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4519:1519:53
June solstice05:5920:4421:28
September equinox07:2919:0219:40
December solstice08:1316:1917:07

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202231435565696759473626
Precip in2.42.02.64.03.83.43.54.23.03.83.12.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG Rapids WTP, 17 mi away.

  • Monarch3 obs
  • great mullein3 obs
  • Painted Turtle2 obs
  • Spongy Moth2 obs
  • blue vervain2 obs
  • American Toad2 obs
  • Green Frog2 obs
  • Japanese Beetle2 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/647939375

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