Hotels near Fishers, Indiana

A little about Fishers...

Fishers, located in Hamilton County, Indiana, is a town of population 52,390, according to a special census conducted in 2004. A suburb of Indianapolis, Fishers has grown rapidly in recent decades: about 350 people lived there in 1963, 2,000 in 1980, and only 7,200 as recently as 1990. Fishers was ranked the 24th best place to live in America by CNN Money magazine in 2005, and 33rd in 2006. Both years was it the best in Indiana.

Fishers was originally named Mudsock.

Fishers' increase in population has brought about an increased demand for entertainment. Within the past 15 years Fishers has added many new features to its once bare landscape. Local restaurants include Puccini's, Nickel Plate Bar and Grill, Sahm's Restaurant and Bar, and the more recent additions Fionn MacCool's, Kelly's Grill, and The Ram, among others.

The Artists' Studio in Fishers is a community theater that produces many children's and family friendly shows on Ford Drive. Ben and Ari's is a family owned mini-golf course, arcade, and duckpin bowling facility at State Road 37 and 141st street. Fishers is also home to the locally-owned Pinheads Entertainment Complex, which opened in August of 2005 and received the Fishers Chamber of Commerce Pillar Award for Business of the Year in 2006 .

Fishers offers a growing number of hotels with nearby essentials for tourists. One of the main attractions of Fishers is Geist Reservoir, offering attractions from fishing to waterskiing. There are also many golf courses around the town.

Fishers hosts the living history museum Conner Prairie, which presents Indiana life in three different periods of the 19th century.

Fishers also has the Indiana State Fair Train which runs from Fishers Station to Indianapolis.

Fishers has two annual fairs: the Fishers Freedom Festival and the Renaissance Faire.

The Fishers Freedom Festival, sometimes abbreviated FFF, takes place every year at the end of June, to be right before Independence day.