Fort Hunter (Pennsylvania)
Fort Hunter was a military fort located in present-day Fort Hunter, Pennsylvania.
Fort Hunter was a military fort located in present-day Fort Hunter, Pennsylvania. It was initially a stockaded gristmill fortified by Samuel Hunter in 1755 and later enlarged and maintained by the Province of Pennsylvania during the French and Indian War. Fort Hunter was part of a defensive line of forts built in Pennsylvania during 1755 and 1756, at the start of hostilities with the French and their allied Native Americans. It was briefly used during Pontiac's War, then abandoned in 1763.
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Worth seeing in and around Fort Hunter (Pennsylvania)
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Rockville Bridge
The Rockville Bridge is the longest stone masonry arch railroad viaduct ever built, at 3,820 feet. It has 48 70-foot spans.
1.4 km · bridge in Pennsylvania · Wikipedia - 02State Game Lands Number 211
Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 211 are Pennsylvania State Game Lands in Dauphin County, Lebanon County, and Schuylkill County, in Pennsylvania, in the United States. In total, the game lands have an area of 43,971 acres.
2.3 km · park in the United States of America · Wikipedia - 03Archibald McAllister House
Archibald McAllister House, now officially known as Fort Hunter Mansion, is a historic home located on the Susquehanna River approximately 6 miles north of downtown Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It consists of a 2-story, 2-room stone "cabin' built in 1787, to which was added in 1814 a 2 1/2-story, five-bay wide stone dwelling in the Federal style.
400 m · house in Susquehanna Township, Pennsylvania · Wikipedia
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Getting to Fort Hunter (Pennsylvania)
- Airports
- Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI), 132 km · Philadelphia (PHL), 152 km · Washington Dulles (IAD), 163 km
- Baltimore → Fort Hunter (Pennsylvania)120 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · $11–15
- Philadelphia → Fort Hunter (Pennsylvania)155 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · $14–20
- Dulles → Fort Hunter (Pennsylvania)160 km · quickest by road, 3h 34m · $15–21
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- Get inThis is a general aviation airport with no scheduled flight, so you have to charter or fly your own plane into it.
- Go nextNearby destinations suitable for day trips include: Allentown — Explore Pennsylvania's third-largest city, with an amusement park and casino action Carlisle — Explore classic car country Gettysburg — Explore Civil War country Hershey — Explore chocolate country Lancaster — Explore Amish country York — Explore Central PA country
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