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Fishbasket Indian Town

Fishbasket Indian Town from directly overhead

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

Coordinates41.01253, -79.29391

145 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 36
  • 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
Historic sites: 35
Peaks: 34
  • 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
Artworks: 20
  • 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
Museums: 8
  • 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
Attractions: 3
  • Belltower: 14.4 mi
  • Home of Punxsutawney Phil: 18.4 mi
  • Farmer's Inn: 22.4 mi
Springs: 2
  • Granny Coon Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Bradys Spring: 16.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Jefferson County Rest Area Eastbound: 19.7 mi
  • Jefferson County Rest Area Westbound: 20.6 mi
Beaches: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kinter HillSE 132°630 m22.5 mi
Songer HillNNE 23°579 m19.2 mi
Doty RoundtopSE 127°579 m22.5 mi
Edeburn HillNNE 32°573 m24.8 mi
Kahletown HillNNE 21°567 m19.3 mi
Beartown RocksNNE 31°561 m23.5 mi
Stahlman RoundtopNNE 33°559 m21.7 mi
Shawkey HillNNE 25°557 m20.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2218:5319:29
June solstice05:4620:1220:54
September equinox07:0518:4019:16
December solstice07:3916:0916:53

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836485866706962514031
Precip in3.42.93.54.14.14.74.73.84.13.33.63.5

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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13859355144

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