Hess Island
Hess Island is an islet in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Hess Island is situated nearby to the town New Cumberland, as well as near the village New Market.Places of Interest
Highlights include Capital City Airport and Harrisburg 19th Street Armory.
Capital City Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
Capital City Airport is a public airport in Fairview Township, York County, Pennsylvania, three miles southeast of Harrisburg, the capital of Pennsylvania.
Harrisburg 19th Street Armory
Historic building
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
The Harrisburg 19th Street Armory is an historic, United States National Guard armory that is located in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
Pennsylvania Capitol
Town hall
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Pennsylvania State Capitol is the seat of government for the U.S. state of Pennsylvania located in downtown Harrisburg. The building was designed by architect Joseph Miller Huston in 1902 and completed in 1906 in a Beaux-Arts style with decorative Renaissance themes throughout. Pennsylvania Capitol is situated 2½ miles northwest of Hess Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New Cumberland and New Market.
New Cumberland
Town
Photo: Penndyl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
New Cumberland is a borough in the easternmost region of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. New Cumberland was incorporated on March 21, 1831.
New Market
Village
New Market is a census-designated place located in Fairview Township, York County in the state of Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located near the Susquehanna River in far northern York County, near the borough of New Cumberland, which is located in Cumberland County.
Steelton
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Steelton is a borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States, 4 miles southeast of Harrisburg. The population was 6,263 at the 2020 census. The borough is part of the Harrisburg metropolitan area.
Hess Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Categories: island, forest, locality, and landform
- Location: Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.23485° or 40° 14′ 6″ northLongitude
-76.85869° or 76° 51′ 31″ westElevation
302 feet (92 metres)Open location code
87G564MR+WGOpenStreetMap ID
way 64494785OpenStreetMap feature
natural=woodOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
5193371Wikidata ID
Q49640896
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Hess Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hess Island”
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