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Riverview Park

Riverview Park from directly overhead

Riverview Park is a park in Pennsylvania, at a recorded elevation of 317 m. Quakers Knob stands 443 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Observatory Hill, a peak 0.1 miles away. Grand View Scenic Byway passes 2.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
317 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.48182, -80.02017
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Observatory Hill: 0.1 mi
  • Monument Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Herron Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Flagstaff Hill: 4.9 mi
  • Mt. Thornburg: 5.0 mi
Parks
  • Vinceton Parklet: 0.5 mi
  • Brighton Heights Park: 0.6 mi
  • Garvin Field: 0.7 mi
  • Legion Park: 0.8 mi
  • Young Field Park: 0.9 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • St John's Green: 1.0 mi
  • Short Line Hollow - Ross Twp: 2.2 mi
  • Thompson Drive Park: 3.2 mi
  • Grandview Overlook Park: 3.3 mi
  • The Saddle: 3.7 mi
Museums: 59
Gardens: 55
  • Ballfield Farm: 0.9 mi
  • Fineview Community Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Allegheny Commons Community Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Gardens of Millvale: 2.5 mi
  • Carole's Garden: 2.5 mi
Picnic sites: 23
  • Picnic Place at the Schenley Plaza: 4.5 mi
  • picnic tables: 7.9 mi
  • Upper Orchard: 8.6 mi
  • White Pine Grove: 9.0 mi
  • Picnic Table: 9.5 mi
Attractions: 21
Beaches: 7
  • Thornburg Beach: 4.5 mi
  • Tiger Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 19.9 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Left Side: 19.9 mi
  • Aquatorium Beach Right Side: 19.9 mi
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Thompson Run Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Snake Run: 17.9 mi
  • Frankfort Mineral Springs: 21.6 mi
Springs: 2
  • Francis Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Lacock Spring: 19.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.7 miles of Riverview Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Quakers KnobWSW 245°443 m22.7 mi
Big KnobNNW 330°423 m19.0 mi
Hannas KnobSSW 207°417 m18.4 mi
Pollocks KnobSSE 167°407 m16.3 mi
Herron HillESE 120°384 m3.7 mi
Bunker HillWNW 304°375 m18.5 mi
Rich HillNE 54°365 m11.7 mi
Mt. SycamoreE 85°229.2 m8.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5619:32
June solstice05:5120:1420:55
September equinox07:0818:4319:19
December solstice07:4116:1416:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240526270757366554435
Precip in3.42.83.23.23.53.53.63.23.22.82.83.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Emsworth L/D Ohio RVR, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer103 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly101 obs
  • American Robin71 obs
  • Northern Cardinal67 obs
  • ground-ivy54 obs
  • white snakeroot53 obs
  • eastern poison ivy46 obs
  • garlic mustard45 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/313528963

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