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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Riverside Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Riverside Park and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Riverside Park:
    • 40.038445, -74.974614
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Riverside Park
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Riverside Park ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Riverside Park.

Within New Jersey, the name Riverside Park is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Humboldt County
      • This Riverside Park is located in Humboldt County and lies 2,548 miles [4,100.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Riverside Park that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humboldt County community of Riverside Park.
    • Georgia
      • Bibb County
      • This Riverside Park is located in Bibb County and lies 689 miles [1,108.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Riverside Park that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Riverside Park.
      • Floyd County
      • This Riverside Park is located in Floyd County and lies 686 miles [1,104 km] to the west southwest of the Riverside Park that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Riverside Park.
      • Newton County
      • This Riverside Park is located in Newton County and lies 671 miles [1,079.9 km] to the southwest of the Riverside Park that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Riverside Park.
    • Illinois
      • McHenry County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Riverside Park [McHenry County].
    • Louisiana
      • Jefferson Parish
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Riverside Park [Jefferson Parish].
    • Nebraska
      • Merrick County
      • This Riverside Park is located in Merrick County and lies 1,205 miles [1,939.3 km]<1> to the west of the Riverside Park that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Merrick County community of Riverside Park.
      • Seward County
      • This Riverside Park is located in Seward County and lies 1,158 miles [1,863.6 km] to the west of the Riverside Park that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Seward County community of Riverside Park.
    • Nevada
      • Elko County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Riverside Park [Elko County].
    • New York
      • Cattaraugus County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Riverside Park [Cattaraugus County].
      • Ulster County
      • This Riverside Park is located in Ulster County and lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Riverside Park that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ulster County community of Riverside Park.
    • North Carolina
      • Beaufort County
      • Although located in Beaufort County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Riverside Park.
    • Ohio
      • Tuscarawas County
      • This Riverside Park is located in Tuscarawas County and lies 339 miles [545.6 km]<1> to the west of the Riverside Park that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscarawas County community of Riverside Park.
    • Ontario
      • This Riverside Park lies 369 miles [593.8 km]<1> to the north of the Riverside Park that is located in Burlington County.
    • South Carolina
      • Richland County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Riverside Park [Richland County].
    • Tennessee
      • Hamilton County
      • This Riverside Park is located in Hamilton County and lies 659 miles [1,060.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Riverside Park that is located in Burlington County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Riverside Park.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Riverside Park ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Beverly
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
    • Beverly is located in Burlington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
  • Blue Grass
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Grass have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Grass
    • Blue Grass is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
  • Carriage Stop
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carriage Stop have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carriage Stop
    • Carriage Stop is located in Bucks County (PA)
  • Cinnaminson
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnaminson
    • Cinnaminson is located in Burlington County
  • Echo Beach
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Echo Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Beach
    • Echo Beach is located in Bucks County (PA)
  • Echo Reach
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Echo Reach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Reach
    • Echo Reach is located in Bucks County (PA)
  • Edgewater Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgewater Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
    • Edgewater Park is located in Burlington County
  • Fork Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fork Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fork Landing
    • Fork Landing is located in Burlington County
  • Harrisburg
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harrisburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
    • Harrisburg is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
  • Ivywood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ivywood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivywood
    • Ivywood is located in Burlington County
  • Mechanicsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mechanicsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
    • Mechanicsville is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
  • Normandy
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Normandy have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy
    • Normandy is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Pennypack
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pennypack have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennypack
      • Pennypack is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
    • Pennypack Woods
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennypack Woods
      • Pennypack Woods is located in Philadelphia County (PA)
    • Pennypacker Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pennypacker Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennypacker Park
      • Pennypacker Park is located in Burlington County
    • Pheasant Run
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pheasant Run have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Run
      • Pheasant Run is located in Burlington County
    • Sharper
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sharper have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharper
      • Sharper is located in Burlington County
    • Skin Corner
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skin Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skin Corner
      • Skin Corner is located in Burlington County
    • Union Landing
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Landing
      • Union Landing is located in Burlington County

How Far From Riverside Park to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Riverside Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Riverside Park and extending to:

  • Mount Holly, which is the Seat of Burlington County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Riverside Park to Mount Holly, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast (NE). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 135 miles [217.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,762 miles [9,273 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,467 miles [10,407.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,344 miles [6,991 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Riverside Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Burlington County: www.co.burlington.nj.us/

The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.state.nj.us/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Riverside Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Riverside Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0384, Longitude: -74.9746       In this case, the coordinates for Riverside Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Riverside Park could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Riverside Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<6>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Riverside Park to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.584 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.136 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.377 degrees.




 

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