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Riverside Press Park

Riverside Press Park from directly overhead

Riverside Press Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Single Tree Hill stands 100 m to the southwest, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Ghost Bike Memorial - Marcia Diehl, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 2.6 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
4 m

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.36218, -71.11540

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • New Riverside Park: 0.2 mi
  • Hoyt Field: 0.2 mi
  • Burns Playground: 0.4 mi
  • Corporal Burns Park: 0.4 mi
  • Burden Park: 0.4 mi
Artworks
Gardens
Peaks
  • Dana Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Mount Auburn: 1.6 mi
  • Coolidge Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Corey Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 1.8 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Pleasure Bay Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Tenean Beach: 6.1 mi
  • Borggaard Beach: 6.5 mi
  • Nickerson Beach: 6.7 mi
Cliffs: 49
  • Lower Cliff: 4.0 mi
  • Temple Overhangs: 4.0 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 4.0 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 4.0 mi
  • Lunch Wall: 4.0 mi
Picnic sites: 24
  • Pine Knoll: 4.1 mi
  • Oak Lea: 4.2 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 4.3 mi
  • Picnic Site 12: 7.3 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 7.3 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 2.2 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 10.2 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 24.0 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 24.0 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 5.1 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 21.3 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Rock Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 20.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.6 miles of Riverside Press Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Single Tree HillSW 215°100 m3.3 mi
Waban HillWSW 242°98 m3.4 mi
Mount WalleySSW 197°91 m3.9 mi
Wellington HillNW 306°91 m4.8 mi
Bald Pate HillSW 219°90 m5.1 mi
Green HillSSW 192°89 m4.2 mi
Chestnut HillSW 228°86 m3.2 mi
Arlington Heights HillsNW 318°85 m5.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0819:4320:26
September equinox06:3218:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968747365534334
Precip in3.93.64.54.33.64.23.53.74.05.04.05.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamaica Plain, 4 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee3,019 obs
  • Western Honey Bee2,404 obs
  • Canada Goose1,611 obs
  • Wild Turkey1,505 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail1,486 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,442 obs
  • American Robin1,399 obs
  • House Sparrow1,165 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/29836686

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