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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Fishers, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fishers and the surrounding area.

  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Fishers:
    • 39.964087, -85.969313
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Fishers
  • Bird Watching ...
    • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
    • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Hamilton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
    • Since Fishers is near Marion County and also Hancock County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hancock County
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Fishers

Communities Also Named Fishers ...

We found seven communities that are also named Fishers.

Within Indiana, the name Fishers is unique.

Beyond Indiana, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Fishers is located in Hillsborough County and lies 852 miles [1,371.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Fishers that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Fishers.
    • Illinois
      • Vermilion County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Fishers [Vermilion County].
    • Maine
      • Penobscot County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Fishers [Penobscot County].
    • Michigan
      • Wayne County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Fishers [Wayne County].
    • New York
      • Livingston County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Fishers [Livingston County].
      • Ontario County
      • This Fishers is located in Ontario County and lies 487 miles [783.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fishers that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ontario County community of Fishers.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Philadelphia County
      • This Fishers is located in Philadelphia County and lies 571 miles [918.9 km]<1> to the east of the Fishers that is located in Hamilton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Philadelphia County community of Fishers.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fishers ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Breakwater
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Breakwater is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakwater
  • Chestnut Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Chestnut Hill is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
  • Forest Knoll
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Forest Knoll is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Knoll
  • Forest Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Forest Ridge is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Ridge
  • Gray Eagle
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Gray Eagle is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Eagle
  • Heather Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Heather Point is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Point
  • Heritage Green
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Heritage Green is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Green
  • Heritage Meadows
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Heritage Meadows is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Meadows
  • Indigo Lake
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Indigo Lake is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indigo Lake
  • Masthead
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Masthead is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masthead
  • Pleasant View
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Pleasant View is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
  • Quaker Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Quaker Ridge is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Ridge
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Sail Place
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Sail Place is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sail Place
    • Sandstone Lakes
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Sandstone Lakes is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandstone Lakes
    • Sandstone Ridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Sandstone Ridge is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandstone Ridge
    • Sandstone Woods
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Sandstone Woods is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandstone Woods
    • Sawgrass
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Sawgrass is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawgrass
    • Spyglass Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Spyglass Hill is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spyglass Hill
    • Sweetbriar
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Sweetbriar is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetbriar
    • Thorny Ridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Thorny Ridge is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorny Ridge
    • Walnut Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Walnut Hills is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hills
    • Winding Creek
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Winding Creek is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winding Creek
    • Windjammer
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Windjammer is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windjammer
    • Woods Edge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Woods Edge is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Edge

How Far From Fishers to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a town such as Fishers to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fishers and extending to:

  • Noblesville, which is the Seat of Hamilton County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Fishers to Indianapolis, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 481 miles [774.1 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,211 miles [9,995.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,941 miles [11,170.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,819 miles [7,755.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fishers) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Fishers could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<4>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Fishers to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fishers. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9641, Longitude: -85.9693       In this case, the coordinates for Fishers have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.356 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.825 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.321 degrees.