Explore Riverside, Missouri, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Riverside, Missouri. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Missouri or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Riverside.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Riverside |
| State | Missouri (MO) |
| County | Platte County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 39.172175 |
| Longitude | -94.632499 |
| Population | 4,013 |
| Density | 280.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 63829, 63070, 64150 |
| Area Code | 314, 816 |
| County Seat | Platte City |
| School District | Park Hill School District |
Riverside occupies a landscape where the sharp, industrial edges of the Midwest soften into the quiet, terrestrial rhythms of the plains. It lies 3.6 miles west-southwest of Gladstone, MO (from Gladstone, MO: bearing 240°T), and is situated 5.7 miles north-northwest of Kansas City. The Jumping Branch carves a deliberate path through the earth here, its course dictating the low-lying contours that define the local topography. At Renner Brenner Park, the ground holds the stillness of the afternoon, offering a place where the light catches the tall grasses in a pale, amber glow before the sun slips toward the horizon. Five miles away, the deep, shadowed depression of Happy Hollow serves as a reminder of the ancient, slow-moving shifts of the regional soil, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Arsenal Hill marks the limit of the visible world.
Riverside maintains a character forged by the persistence of Midwestern industry and the steady, unadorned work that moves the local economy forward. The legacy of the area is not found in grand monuments, but in the functional, utilitarian architecture that sits comfortably against the backdrop of the Missouri landscape. Life here moves with a pragmatic, plain-spoken grace, far removed from the frantic pace of larger hubs, yet linked to the broader currents of regional commerce. Even as the seasons turn the color of the fields, the quiet presence of White Rock Lake six miles away remains a steady anchor for those who seek the silence of the water. Riverside persists as a place of deliberate movement, where the hum of contemporary trade blends seamlessly into the long-standing, quiet history of the plains.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Riverside, Missouri. Coordinates: 39.172175, -94.632499. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Riverside includes the ZIP code (63829, 63070, 64150), telephone area code (314, 816), county seat of Platte County (Platte City), and school district assignment (Park Hill School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |