Fishbasket Indian Town
Fishbasket Indian Town is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 330 m. Kinter Hill stands 630 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Highest Point - Armstrong County, a peak 4.2 miles away. 145 named places lie within 25 miles, 34 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Inscription
- Near here, at the mouth of Town Run on Redbank Creek, a Shawnee village stood in the late 18th century. Called "Fishbasket" for these waters' immense schools of fish, it was at the junction of at least two major paths traveled by Native Americans...
How to reach it
145 named places within 25 miles
- Mahoning Creek Lake Recreation Area: 6.2 mi
- Coolspring Power Museum Exhibitor Field: 11.0 mi
- Rimersburg Veterans Memorial Park: 11.0 mi
- Fair Grounds: 12.1 mi
- Sligo Veterans' Memorial Park: 12.1 mi
- Redbank Coaling Tower: 13.7 mi
- Redbank Coaling Tower: 13.7 mi
- Clarion County: 14.8 mi
- Brady's Bend: 15.2 mi
- Buchanan Furnace: 15.5 mi
- Highest Point - Armstrong County: 4.2 mi
- Young Hill: 5.6 mi
- Summer Hill: 8.6 mi
- Heath Hill: 9.8 mi
- McClays Peak: 11.4 mi
- Sunken Tractor: 9.5 mi
- Haybale sculpture: 9.5 mi
- Patsy's Park Phil: 17.4 mi
- Ragley's True Value Phil: 17.4 mi
- Welcome to Punxsutawney: 17.4 mi
- Coolspring Power Museum: 11.1 mi
- Sutton-Ditz House Museum: 14.7 mi
- Jefferson County History Center: 15.2 mi
- Punxsutawney Weather Discovery Center: 17.4 mi
- Armstrong County Historical Museum & Genealogical Society, Inc: 17.9 mi
- State Game Lands Number 320: 7.9 mi
- State Game Lands Number 330: 13.6 mi
- State Game Lands Number 72: 16.7 mi
- State Game Lands Number 304: 23.6 mi
- Belltower: 14.4 mi
- Home of Punxsutawney Phil: 18.4 mi
- Farmer's Inn: 22.4 mi
- Granny Coon Spring: 12.1 mi
- Bradys Spring: 16.9 mi
- Jefferson County Rest Area Eastbound: 19.7 mi
- Jefferson County Rest Area Westbound: 20.6 mi
- Tunnelville Beach: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fishbasket Indian Town. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinter Hill | SE 132° | 630 m | 22.5 mi |
| Songer Hill | NNE 23° | 579 m | 19.2 mi |
| Doty Roundtop | SE 127° | 579 m | 22.5 mi |
| Edeburn Hill | NNE 32° | 573 m | 24.8 mi |
| Kahletown Hill | NNE 21° | 567 m | 19.3 mi |
| Beartown Rocks | NNE 31° | 561 m | 23.5 mi |
| Stahlman Roundtop | NNE 33° | 559 m | 21.7 mi |
| Shawkey Hill | NNE 25° | 557 m | 20.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:53 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 20:12 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:40 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:09 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 28 | 36 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Putneyville 2 SE DAM, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13859355144
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