Riverview Park
Riverview Park was an amusement park in Des Moines, Iowa, from 1915 to 1978. What began in pre-1915 as a zoological garden and trolley destination in an area of Des Moines known as Highland Park would become Riverview Amusement Park, a popular family entertainment oasis in early Iowa history.- Park
- …lies at an elevation of around 810 feet (250 metres)
- …is also known as “Riverview Park (Iowa)”
- Description: former amusement park
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Riverview Park
- Category: amusement park
- Location
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Latitude
41.62332° or 41° 37′ 24″ north
Longitude
-93.62966° or 93° 37′ 47″ west
Open location code
86H8J9FC+84
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