Shortys Place

Shortys Place is a hamlet in Brush Creek Township, Fulton County, Pennsylvania. Shortys Place is situated nearby to the hamlet Budds Place, as well as near Old Mountain House.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rays Hill Tunnel.

Rays Hill Tunnel

Tunnel

Photo: Arthur Rothstein, Public domain.

Rays Hill Tunnel is an abandoned tunnel, formerly part of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Rays Hill Tunnel is 3,532 feet long. It was the shortest of the seven original tunnels on Pennsylvania Turnpike. Rays Hill Tunnel is situated 2 miles west of Shortys Place.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Breezewood and Wells Tannery.

Breezewood

Photo: SchuminWeb, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Breezewood is an unincorporated town of in Pennsylvania. There are few residences but myriad cheap motels, gas stations and fast food restaurants. The town is a major interstate connection between the Pennsylvania Turnpike and Interstate 70 heading south towards Washington D.C. and Baltimore.

Wells Tannery

Hamlet

Wells Tannery is an unincorporated community in Fulton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located along Pennsylvania Route 915, 6.2 miles east-southeast of Hopewell. Wells Tannery has a post office, with ZIP code 16691. Wells Tannery is situated 5 miles north of Shortys Place.

Harrisonville

Hamlet

Photo: Mr. Matté, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Harrisonville is an unincorporated community located at the intersection of U.S. Route 30 and Pennsylvania Route 655 in Licking Creek Township, Fulton County, Pennsylvania, United States. Harrisonville is situated 6 miles east of Shortys Place.

Shortys Place

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Brush Creek Township, Fulton County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.01981° or 40° 1′ 11″ north

Longitude

-78.16168° or 78° 9′ 42″ west

Elevation

2,054 feet (626 metres)

Open location code

87G32R9Q+W8

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158345245

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

5212123

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