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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 Fisherville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fisherville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Fisherville:
    • 40.500723, -76.884711
    • 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 Fisherville
  • 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 Dauphin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Dauphin County
    • Since Fisherville is near Perry County and also Northumberland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Perry County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Northumberland 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 Fisherville

Communities Also Named Fisherville ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Fisherville.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Fisherville.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Chester County
      • This Fisherville is located in Chester County and lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Fisherville that is located in Dauphin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Fisherville.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Fisherville.
    • Indiana
      • Warrick County
      • This Fisherville is located in Warrick County and lies 587 miles [944.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fisherville that is located in Dauphin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warrick County community of Fisherville.
    • Kentucky
      • Jefferson County
      • This Fisherville is located in Jefferson County and lies 484 miles [778.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fisherville that is located in Dauphin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Fisherville.
    • Louisiana
      • Vernon Parish
      • This Fisherville is located in Vernon Parish and lies 1,104 miles [1,776.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fisherville that is located in Dauphin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vernon Parish community of Fisherville.
    • Massachusetts
      • Worcester County
      • This Fisherville is located in Worcester County and lies 292 miles [469.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fisherville that is located in Dauphin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Fisherville.
    • Michigan
      • Bay County
      • This Fisherville is located in Bay County and lies 427 miles [687.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Fisherville that is located in Dauphin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bay County community of Fisherville.
    • New York
      • Chemung County
      • This Fisherville is located in Chemung County and lies 114 miles [183.5 km]<1> to the north of the Fisherville that is located in Dauphin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chemung County community of Fisherville.
    • Ontario
      • This Fisherville lies 226 miles [363.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Fisherville that is located in Dauphin County.
    • Rhode Island
      • Washington County
      • This Fisherville is located in Washington County and lies 286 miles [460.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fisherville that is located in Dauphin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Fisherville.
    • Tennessee
      • Shelby County
      • This Fisherville is located in Shelby County and lies 787 miles [1,266.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fisherville that is located in Dauphin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Fisherville.
    • Wisconsin
      • Manitowoc County
      • This Fisherville is located in Manitowoc County and lies 607 miles [976.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Fisherville that is located in Dauphin County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Manitowoc County community of Fisherville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fisherville ...

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.

How Far From Fisherville to ...

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

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

  • Harrisburg, which is the Seat of Dauphin County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Fisherville to Harrisburg, with an average speed<4> 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 four to five hours.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 15 miles [24.1 km] to the south (S). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 110 miles [177 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,823 miles [9,371.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,535 miles [10,517.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,410 miles [7,097.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fisherville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Fisherville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Fisherville 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 Fisherville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5007, Longitude: -76.8847       In this case, the coordinates for Fisherville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.685 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.456 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.014 degrees.