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Welcome to Blue Ridge Manor ...

Blue Ridge Manor is located in Dauphin County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Blue Ridge Manor: Blue Rdg. Mnr. (or less commonly used: Blue Rdge. Mnr. or Blue Ridg. Mnr.)

Blue Ridge Manor is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Blue Ridge Manor lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Blue Ridge Manor: 717 & 223<3>

Communities Also Named Blue Ridge Manor ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Blue Ridge Manor - they are located in Georgia and Kentucky.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Blue Ridge Manor.

Communities near Blue Ridge Manor ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Blue Ridge Manor.

  • Harrisburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lebanon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Elizabethtown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Middletown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Mechanicsburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Camp Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Palmyra
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • New Cumberland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Steelton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Hummelstown
    (6 miles [9.7 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 Blue Ridge Manor. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Blue Ridge Manor.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Blue Ridge Manor. 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 Blue Ridge Manor.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Blue Ridge Manor. See our Newspapers Page for Blue Ridge Manor.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Blue Ridge Manor ...

Looking for more information about Blue Ridge Manor? 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 Blue Ridge Manor, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Blue Ridge Manor.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Dauphin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Blue Ridge Manor - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 717 code has been Overlayed with the 223 area code. New phone numbers in the Blue Ridge Manor area will be assigned with one of these codes: 717 or 223. As a result, placing a call in the Blue Ridge Manor area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.