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Riverview Park

Riverview Park from directly overhead

Riverview Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 533 m. Bald Knob stands 1,327 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Howard M. Sisson Park, a park 1.1 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 23 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
533 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.10876, -80.59186

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Howard M. Sisson Park: 1.1 mi
  • Sunset Park: 1.2 mi
  • John Dobbins Park: 1.6 mi
  • Riverway Park: 1.9 mi
  • Wildwood Park: 2.2 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 11
Museums: 8
Nature reserves: 8
Artworks: 7
Gardens: 5
Attractions: 5
  • Sapphire Ballroom & Dance Center: 10.1 mi
  • One Clear View: 20.3 mi
  • Keffer Oak: 20.5 mi
  • Dixie Caverns: 25.0 mi
  • Eastern Continental Divide: 25.0 mi
Cliffs: 5
Waterfalls: 4
Rest areas: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Water Front: 8.1 mi
  • Waterfront: 10.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Riverview Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald KnobN 10°1,327 m16.9 mi
Lookoff RockN 355°1,256 m17.9 mi
Sugar Run MountainWNW 304°1,238 m17.4 mi
Doe MountainN 4°1,211 m17.1 mi
Flat Top MountainWNW 301°1,179 m17.8 mi
Pearis MountainNW 326°1,148 m16.6 mi
Johns Creek MountainNNE 11°1,121 m16.3 mi
Angels RestNNW 327°1,105 m17.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2719:0019:34
June solstice06:0320:0820:46
September equinox07:1118:4719:21
December solstice07:3316:2917:09

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333643536169737165544336
Precip in3.22.73.63.74.53.94.23.73.62.92.83.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Radford 3 N, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • box elder12 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly8 obs
  • White-tailed Deer7 obs
  • Common Garter Snake6 obs
  • Common Box Turtle6 obs
  • Osprey6 obs
  • Sycamore Tussock Moth6 obs
  • common jewelweed5 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/603535074

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