Riverside Picnic Area
Riverside Picnic Area is a picnic site in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 304 m. Chimney Rock stands 318 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Soldiers Field Memorial Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 29 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
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- City
How to reach it
- 29.4 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 20.9 mi off the Historic Bluff Country Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Soldiers Field Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
- Hazama Gateway Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Discovery Walk: 0.4 mi
- Four Square Park: 0.5 mi
- Peace Plaza: 0.6 mi
- Dinah Olin Bird Sanctuary: 1.2 mi
- Gordon W Yeager Wildlife Management Area, South West Tract: 2.2 mi
- Gordon W Yeager Wildlife Management Area, North West Unit: 2.2 mi
- Gordon W Yeager Wildlife Management Area, North East Unit: 2.4 mi
- Gordon W Yeager Wildlife Management Area, South East Unit: 2.7 mi
- IBM: 3.3 mi
- 2: 7.6 mi
- 3: 7.6 mi
- 1: 7.6 mi
- 4 & 5: 7.7 mi
- Rochester Riverfront Mural: 0.5 mi
- Teardrop: 0.6 mi
- Scoreboard: 1.7 mi
- Cross: 3.8 mi
- Mary: 3.8 mi
- Ear of Corn Water Tower: 0.6 mi
- Mayo Civic Center: 0.7 mi
- Animal Exhibit: 0.7 mi
- Friendship Inn: 0.8 mi
- 4-H Building: 0.8 mi
- Plummer House: 0.8 mi
- Heritage House: 0.9 mi
- Spark: 1.0 mi
- Charles E. Gagnon Museum & Sculpture Garden: 1.9 mi
- History Center of Olmsted County: 2.3 mi
- Soldiers Field Veterans Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Matthews Heritage Dome: 0.6 mi
- Stone Building: 0.7 mi
- Quarry Hill Ruins: 1.9 mi
- Dr Paul E Zollman Memorial: 10.4 mi
- Signal Point: 20.2 mi
- Eagle Point: 20.6 mi
- Foley Mound: 20.8 mi
- Coyote Point: 20.8 mi
- Inspiration Point: 20.9 mi
- Cascade Lake Beach: 1.7 mi
- JHELL Beach: 3.0 mi
- Chester Woods Beach: 7.8 mi
- Whitewater Falls: 24.0 mi
- Fairpoint: 24.1 mi
- Community Garden: 10.1 mi
- Highforest - Eastbound Rest Area: 15.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Riverside Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chimney Rock | E 82° | 318 m | 21.2 mi |
| Coyote Point | E 82° | 316 m | 20.8 mi |
| Inspiration Point | E 84° | 316 m | 20.9 mi |
| Signal Point | E 82° | 310 m | 20.2 mi |
| Eagle Point | E 82° | 310 m | 20.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:44 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 20:13 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 15:48 | 16:35 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 15 | 19 | 32 | 45 | 58 | 68 | 71 | 68 | 61 | 48 | 34 | 21 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rochester Intl AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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