![]() ![]() She takes the group to the zoo multiple times over the course of the comic, implying that Riverdale is not far away from there. In a special issue of Archie published by the Bronx Zoo in the early 2000s, Betty refers to Riverdale as "back home" when talking about a bear program she worked in over the previous summer. Bear Mountain State Park is up the Hudson River, not too far from New York City, and there is a section in the Bronx, a borough of New York City, on the Hudson known as Riverdale. One panel says ".the good ship "Peter Stuyvesant" settles into the Hudson, as Riverdale High clambers aboard for a happy trip to Bear Mountain." The ship is named after Peter Stuyvesant, a historic figure of New York City and New York state. In Jackpot Comics #5 (Spring, 1942), written by Archie's creator, Bob Montana, the story has the gang going on a river trip. While the more recent Archie comics have been deliberately vague about Riverdale's location, it was not ambiguous in the earliest run of the comic. It could be in the Midwest, or along the Eastern Seaboard, or even a town in Canada, Mexico, or England." ![]() It could be anywhere that kind people live and just have fun, like Archie and his friends. In one of the issues of Archie and Jughead Digest, when one of the readers wrote in with the question of "Where is Riverdale located?", the editor replied that "Riverdale is more of a state of mind than an actual physical location. If you're looking near Kansas city, you're still too far north. Lots of go-carts! You can ride a riverboat here. There's an indoor water park here, and an outdoor water park too! If you're looking near Hannibal, you're too far north. Half of the people that live in the United States live within 500 miles of this place. If you know where the "show me" state is, you know where to start looking. These hints are as follows: eight states surround this one, which is located in the midwest. 74 of Archie's Pals and Gals double digest, several hints are given as to where Riverdale calls "home". In the live-action film adaptation ( Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again), Riverdale is explicitly portrayed as being located in California. Another story says that the beach is not on the ocean, but rather on a lake with no other land in sight, perhaps one of the Great Lakes (there is at least one real Riverdale in that area). One plot in the 1990s involved Jughead possibly being forced to move to Ohio, in which Betty, looking at a map, comments that Ohio is extremely far away. In one story, Riverdale is shown on a small map as being in about the same place as Des Moines, Iowa. ![]() Often, clues as to its location that appear in certain stories contradict others. The city is, however, not home to any major port or dockyard. There does seem to be a river passing through the city because in one story, "The Roly Poly Robber," a bridge is shown connecting two districts of the city. Riverdale has never faced earthquakes or hurricanes, although one plot from the 1990s involves a tornado hitting Riverdale. It has a beach (and therefore is a likely a coastal city) and receives snow in the winter. While Riverdale's location was never clearly defined, there have been many clues over the years. Riverdale has been shown to have beaches, lakes, rivers, farmland, woodland, mountains, plains, a transit system (as noted in the Josie and the Pussycats film) and four distinct seasons with changes in climate. The climate, appearance, and geography of Riverdale varies from story to story. Riverdale is usually shown as being a medium-sized town (possibly a suburb of a bigger city), with all the usual amenities of shopping malls, restaurants, and parks.
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