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- Riverside Park is located along East Levee Street between Douglas Ave. and Pearl Ave.
- 32 Acres
- ADA Accessible
- Access point for the Meridian Pedestrian Bridge and the Meridian Bridge Plaza
- Click here for a self-guided art and history tour through Riverside Park. Loop 1 (0.9 miles)- Starts at the Dakota Territorial Capitol Building. The tour follows the trails east through the park along the riverbank, up and around the baseball stadium, along the sidewalk on the south side of Levee Street, and then back down into the park and to the Capitol Building.
- Click here for a self-guided art and history tour at the Meridian Bridge and Plaza. Loop 2 (1.5 miles)- Starts at the Meridian Bridge parking lot to the west of the bridge. The tour follows the trail to the Levee Street trail crossing north up into The Lawn and Meridian Bridge Plaza area, back south down to Levee Street and across the lower deck of the Meridian Bridge, north over the Meridian Bridge upper deck, and then back to the parking lot.
- The USS Scorpion Submarine Memorial is located to the west of the Meridian Bridge.
- Dakota Territorial Capitol Replica which can be rented (205 East Levee Street)
- 6 Open-air picnic shelters which can be rented
- ADA accessible play structure with swings.
- Artificial turf for a fall surface underneath play area.
- Connected to the lighted Auld-Brokaw Trail System
- Public restrooms
- Softball field
- Riverside Baseball Field at Bob Tereshinski Stadium (407 East Levee Street)
- Amphitheater which can be rented (303 East Levee Street)
- Boat ramps
- ADA accessible fishing pier
- City received property for public lands from Yankton County Trustees January 18, 1868.
- Established 1933.
- Officially dedicated September 22, 1980.
- Redeveloped1984 - 1991
USS Scorpion (SS-278) Memorial
Located on the north bank of the scenic Missouri River to the west of the Meridian Bridge. The memorial was presented and dedicated by the U.S. Submarine Veterans of WWII South Dakota Chapter in 2002. The three flags above the monument represent the United States, the State of South Dakota, and the United States Navy.
The Scorpion submarine was launched on July 20, 1942, and their first patrol was a hunting and mining mission near Honshu, Japan in April of 1943. The Scorpion went on three patrols that earned it a battle star. It was involved with a series of torpedo attacks and gun battles during its three patrols.
On January 5, 1944, the Scorpion was in route to the East China and Yellow Seas to rendezvous with the Herring to transfer an injured man, but heavy seas prevented a safe transfer. The Scorpion and 77 courageous crewmen were never seen or heard from again. The only clue to the final location is the fact that the enemy had strung minefields across the entrance to the Yellow Sea. Read more about the USS Scorpion SS-278 here.
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