Welcome to Fishers Landing ...
Fishers Landing is located in Yuma County<1>.
A typical abbreviation for Fishers Landing: Fishers Lndg. (or less commonly used: Fishers Lndng.)
See our Genealogy Helper Page for Fishers Landing for more information about variations on the name of Fishers Landing.
Fishers Landing is 200 feet [61 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Fishers Landing lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time
Note: If you leave Fishers Landing and travel west, you will leave Mountain Standard Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT). In addition, you will be moving from an area that does not observe daylight saving time to one that does.
Area Code for Fishers Landing: 928
Communities Also Named Fishers Landing ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Fishers Landing - they are located in Massachusetts and New York.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fishers Landing.
Communities near Fishers Landing ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Fishers Landing.
- Picacho
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Picacho. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Picacho
- Picacho is located in Imperial County (CA)
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Picacho
- From Fishers Landing to Picacho
- Fort Laguna ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dome ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Winterhaven
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Yuma
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Araby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Araby. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Araby
- Araby is located in Yuma County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Araby
- From Fishers Landing to Araby
- Fortuna Foothills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fortuna Foothills have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortuna Foothills
- Fortuna Foothills is located in Yuma County
- Steam
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ligurta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Fishers Landing. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fishers Landing.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fishers Landing. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fishers Landing.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Fishers Landing. See our Newspapers Page for Fishers Landing.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fishers Landing ...
Looking for more information about Fishers Landing? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.
While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Fishers Landing, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Fishers Landing.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Yuma, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fishers Landing - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |