Riverside | |
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  Riverside Location within the state of Nevada | |
| Coordinates:36°44′10″N114°13′14″W / 36.73611°N 114.22056°W /36.73611; -114.22056 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nevada |
| County | Clark |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| Area codes | 702 and 725 |
Riverside is anunincorporated community in northeasternClark County,Nevada, United States. It is located on theVirgin River nearBunkerville andMesquite; the town is accessible viaNevada State Route 170,[2] which connects all three towns. Riverside is the site of the highway bridge over the river.[3]
Riverside is located on the route of theOld Spanish Trail, that entered the Virgin River Valley after crossing theBeaver Dam Mountains, reaching the river at what is nowLittlefield and passed down river past the site of Riverside to theColorado River where it turned west. After 1847, avoid quicksands and marshes along the Virgin River that bogged down wagons, the wagon road called theMormon Road that followed the Old Spanish Trail in many places, passed through the site of Riverside where it turned north, away from the old route, climbing towardVirgin Hill where it turned west to ascend a steep narrow ridge to the top ofMormon Mesa. The road then crossed Mormon Mesa to theMuddy River crossing it opposite the mouth ofCalifornia Wash, west of modernGlendale, Nevada and continued up that wash toLas Vegas Springs.[4]: 6–8
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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