Fishers Hill Virginia Map

About Fishers Hill, Virginia

Fishers Hill is a locality in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States. The population density is 102.7 people per km². Fishers Hill is located at 38.9855°N, 78.3985°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 22657, 22626.

Fishers Hill emerges from the limestone-flecked earth as a series of quiet ridges defined by the steady, rhythmic passage of Tumbling Run. It lies 11.9 miles west-northwest of Front Royal, VA (from Front Royal, VA: bearing 293°T), and is situated 2.2 miles west of Strasburg. The landscape here is defined by a rigorous, ancient geology, where the land rises and falls in measured swells toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Shenandoah Mountains on the horizon. Sunlight at dusk catches the sharp edges of the outcrops, casting long, violet shadows across the fields that slope toward the nearby depths of Posey Hollow. Three miles away, the surface of Strasburg Reservoir holds the sky in a mirror of still, dark glass, providing a point of focus for the surrounding woods and meadows.

Fishers Hill carries a weight of memory that permeates the soil, particularly within the protective boundaries of the Shenandoah Valley Battlefield Foundation Holding. This land, once the site of significant upheaval, now sustains an economy rooted in quiet agriculture and the preservation of its expansive, open vistas. Visitors often traverse the Little Passage Trail to gain a perspective on the terrain that dictated the movements of the past, finding a landscape that has largely returned to the cultivation of hay and the slow growth of hardwood timber. The daily life of Fishers Hill moves with a deliberate, unadorned pace, governed by the turning of the seasons and the persistent, low murmur of the water winding through the valley floor.

About This Fishers Hill Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fishers Hill, Virginia. Coordinates: 38.985467, -78.398478. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Fishers Hill includes the ZIP code (22657, 22626), telephone area code (540), county seat of Shenandoah County (Woodstock), and school district assignment (Shenandoah County Public Schools).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.