Wirth Island

Wirth Island is an island in St. Clair, Illinois. Wirth Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Grigg.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Athens and Red Bud.

New Athens

Village

New Athens is a village in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. Based upon common usage, the 'A' is always sounded with a long vowel, rather than a short vowel, by its residents, unlike the most commonly used English pronunciation of the city in Greece. New Athens is situated 5 miles north of Wirth Island.

Red Bud

Town

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Red Bud is a city in Randolph County, Illinois, in the United States. The population was 3,804 at the 2020 census. It is the home of the Red Bud campus of Southwestern Illinois College. Red Bud is situated 6 miles southwest of Wirth Island.

Wirth Island

Type: Island
Description: island in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States
Categories: forest, locality, and landform
Location: St. Clair, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.2521° or 38° 15′ 8″ north

Longitude

-89.90217° or 89° 54′ 8″ west

Elevation

371 feet (113 metres)

Open location code

86CG732X+R4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1359343125

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

GeoNames ID

4253313

Wikidata ID

Q34787195

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Wirth Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Wirth Island”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Grigg and Lenzburg.

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Highlights include Hentzels Lake and Kaskaskia River Navigation Pool.

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