Is Riverside, Duluth, Minnesota right for you?
Part of the Riverside neighborhood guide. Back to the full guide.
You will love Riverside if you want water and trail at a price that makes no sense anywhere else. Direct frontage on Spirit Lake, a marina in the neighborhood, 70 paved car-free miles running south from your doorstep, Jay Cooke reachable by bicycle, and Spirit Mountain five minutes up the hill, all inside a band starting around $140,000. For a retiree who has stopped commuting, a remote worker, or anyone whose life is organised around a boat or a bike, this is one of the best-value addresses in the region.
Look elsewhere if you have school-age children, because there is no school here and the ride is long at every grade. Look elsewhere if a twenty-minute drive to a hospital would worry you, or if you need groceries, a cafe or neighbors close by.
And do three things specifically before buying: if the parcel touches water, get flood history and bank-stability advice for that parcel. Find out what the house originally was and what winterizing has actually been done. And ask about site history if you are anywhere near the old shipyard ground on Spring Street.
If you want the same river corridor with more owner-occupied quiet and a peak above it, look south at Smithville. If you want to be at the trailhead with a shorter grocery run, look northeast at Norton Park. If you want the most architecturally unusual housing on this river, look downstream at Morgan Park.
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Northeast, where the Munger and Western Waterfront trails begin and Indian Point gives boat access.
SmithvilleSouth along the river, sharing the same Census tract and a similar owner-heavy river-corridor profile.
Morgan ParkSoutheast along the river, the 1913 US Steel company town built of concrete block.
ProctorNorth over the hill, its own school district and a walkable small-town main street.
Fond du LacSouthwest along the river, the oldest community in Duluth and even quieter.