Fishing Creek
Fishing Creek is a stream in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Dutch Country, Pennsylvania. Fishing Creek is situated nearby to the village Drumore, as well as near the hamlet Fernglen.Places of Interest
Highlights include Peach Bottom Nuclear Generating Station and Muddy Run Pumped Storage Facility.
Peach Bottom Nuclear Generating Station
Power station
Muddy Run Pumped Storage Facility
Power station
Muddy Run Pumped Storage Facility is a pumped-storage hydroelectric generation facility in Drumore Township, Pennsylvania, United States. Constructed by the Philadelphia Electric Company and completed in 1968, Muddy Run was the largest pumped-storage facility in the world. Muddy Run Pumped Storage Facility is situated 2 miles northwest of Fishing Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Drumore and Peach Bottom.
Drumore
Village
Drumore is an unincorporated community in Drumore Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. Drumore is located at the intersection of Port Deposit Road and Fishing Creek Road, along the east bank of the Susquehanna River at the mouth of Fishing Creek.
Peach Bottom
Hamlet
Lancaster is a city of around 59,000 people in Lancaster County in the Pennsylvania Dutch Country. It is one of the oldest inland towns in the United States, and the center of an area inhabited by many members of the Amish community. Peach Bottom is situated 3½ miles southeast of Fishing Creek.
Bethesda
Hamlet
Bethesda is an unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It is situated at the junction between Township Road 432 and Lancaster County, in Pennsylvania. It is situated at the junction between T-432 and Pennsylvania Route 372. Bethesda is situated 4½ miles northwest of Fishing Creek.
Fishing Creek
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Dutch Country, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.79177° or 39° 47′ 30″ north
Longitude
-76.26579° or 76° 15′ 57″ west
Elevation
102 feet (31 metres)
Open location code
87F5QPRM+PM
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