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Riverview Park

Riverview Park from directly overhead

Riverview Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 126 m. Hole in the Mountain stands 1,743 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Metropolitan Recreation Center, a park 0.6 miles away. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
126 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.40175, -119.02766

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Springs: 57
Peaks: 17
Museums: 8
Picnic sites: 6
Attractions: 4
  • Bakersfield Jam: 1.8 mi
  • Bakersfield Speedway: 3.4 mi
  • checkpoint: 14.8 mi
  • woody rd: 23.0 mi
Historic sites: 4
Nature reserves: 4
Artworks: 2
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Sister City Gardens: 2.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hole in the MountainE 84°1,743 m24.3 mi
Ball MountainENE 59°1,404 m21.0 mi
Saturday PeakENE 67°1,260 m18.6 mi
Burke HillNE 51°1,206 m23.7 mi
Pine MountainNE 53°1,184 m18.3 mi
Mount PheasantNE 39°1,103 m21.4 mi
Mount AdelaideE 83°1,041 m16.1 mi
Pampa PeakE 98°955 m18.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3519:08
June solstice05:4219:3720:15
September equinox06:4518:2118:54
December solstice07:0216:0916:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495257627077848277675648
Precip in1.31.31.20.60.30.00.00.00.10.20.51.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bakersfield 5 NW, 2 mi away.

  • Red-tailed Hawk42 obs
  • California Scrub-Jay38 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird28 obs
  • Mallard27 obs
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler25 obs
  • White-crowned Sparrow24 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird23 obs
  • Black Phoebe20 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/60113846

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