Byers Island
Byers Island is an island in Northumberland, Pennsylvania. Byers Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Hummels Wharf, as well as near the locality Selinsgrove Junction.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Penn Valley Airport and Veterans Memorial Bridge.
Penn Valley Airport
Aerodrome
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Penn Valley Airport is a public airport in Monroe Township, Snyder County, and is a mile north of Selinsgrove, a borough in Snyder County, Pennsylvania. Penn Valley Airport is situated 2 miles west of Byers Island.
Veterans Memorial Bridge
Bridge
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The Veterans Memorial Bridge is a prestressed concrete continuous stringer/multi-beam highway bridge that carries Pennsylvania Routes 61 and 147 across the Susquehanna River near Sunbury, Pennsylvania. Veterans Memorial Bridge is situated 2 miles northeast of Byers Island.
Gov. Simon Snyder Mansion
Building
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The Gov. Simon Snyder Mansion is an historic, American home that is located in Selinsgrove in Snyder County, Pennsylvania. The home of the third Governor of Pennsylvania, Simon Snyder, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Gov. Simon Snyder Mansion is situated 2½ miles southwest of Byers Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shamokin Dam and Selinsgrove.
Shamokin Dam
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Shamokin Dam is a borough in Snyder County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,647 at the 2020 census. "Shamokin", or "Shahëmokink" in the Delaware language, and Schahamokink in another Algonquian language, means "place of eels." The borough name is also derived from a 10-foot-tall dam that was built across the Susquehanna River in the 19th century.
Selinsgrove
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Selinsgrove is the largest borough in Snyder County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population is estimated to be 5,761 for the 2020 Census. Selinsgrove is geographically located in the middle of the Susquehanna River Valley in Central Pennsylvania, along U.S. Routes 11 and 15, 45 miles north of Harrisburg and 5.7 miles southwest of Sunbury.
Kapp Heights
Hamlet
Kapp Heights is a census-designated place located in Point Township, Northumberland County in the state of Pennsylvania. The community is located very close to the borough of Northumberland along Pennsylvania Route 147, near the confluence of the West Branch Susquehanna River and Susquehanna Rivers. Kapp Heights is situated 5 miles north of Byers Island.
Byers Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Category: landform
- Location: Northumberland, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Byers Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Byers Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos, Pennsylvania)”
- Cebuano: “Byers Island”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hummels Wharf and Selinsgrove Junction.
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