Riverside Park

Riverside Park is a park in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts. Riverside Park is situated nearby to the place of worship St. Anthony of Padua Church, as well as near the fire station New Bedford Fire Department Station 8.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Anthony of Padua Church and Central New Bedford Historic District.

St. Anthony of Padua Church

Place of worship

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St. Anthony of Padua is a Roman Catholic church in New Bedford, Massachusetts, part of the Diocese of Fall River. St. Anthony of Padua Church is situated 1,800 feet southwest of Riverside Park.

Central New Bedford Historic District

Park

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The Central New Bedford Historic District is one of nine historic districts in New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States. The district encompasses the city's central business district, built up during the time in the late 19th century when textiles had replaced whaling as the city's main industry.

Riverside Cemetery

Cemetery

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Riverside Cemetery is a cemetery located in Fairhaven, Massachusetts at 274 Main Street. Laid out in the rural style, it was established in 1850 by Warren Delano II, the grandfather of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Riverside Cemetery is situated 1 mile southeast of Riverside Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Acushnet and Fairhaven.

Acushnet

Town

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New Bedford is in Massachusetts on the southern coast. New Bedford's excellent harbor made it a natural fishing and whaling center. It was the world's premier whaling port in the 19th century, and, for a time, "the richest city in the world" and "the city that lit the world" because of whale oil production.

Fairhaven

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Fairhaven is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. It is located on the South Coast of Massachusetts where the Acushnet River flows into Buzzards Bay, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean.

Bliss Corner

Hamlet

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Bliss Corner is a census-designated place in the town of Dartmouth in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bliss Corner had a population of 5,480. Bliss Corner is situated 3½ miles south of Riverside Park.

Riverside Park

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.66219° or 41° 39′ 44″ north

Longitude

-70.92227° or 70° 55′ 20″ west

Inception

December 31st, 1989

Open location code

87HFM36H+V3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29691975

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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