Belle Isle Park
Belle Isle Park, known simply as Belle Isle, is a 982-acre island park in Detroit, Michigan, developed in the late 19th century. It consists of Belle Isle, an island in the Detroit River, as well as several surrounding islets.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Park
- Description: Michigan park on an island
- Also known as: “Belle Isle”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Belle Isle Aquarium and Belle Isle Conservatory.
Belle Isle Aquarium
Public aquarium
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The Belle Isle Aquarium is a public aquarium located in Belle Isle Park in Detroit, Michigan. Designed by noted architects George D. Mason and Albert Kahn, it opened on August 18, 1904, and was the oldest continually operating public aquarium in North America when it closed on April 3, 2005.
Belle Isle Conservatory
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The Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory is a greenhouse and a botanical garden located on Belle Isle, a 982-acre island park located on the Detroit River within Detroit, Michigan.
Dossin Great Lakes Museum
Museum
The Dossin Great Lakes Museum is an historical maritime museum in Detroit, Michigan. Located on The Strand on Belle Isle Park along the Detroit River, this museum places special interest on Detroit's role on national and regional maritime history.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Village and Indian Village.
West Village
Neighborhood
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West Village is a neighborhood located in Detroit, Michigan, bounded by Jefferson, Kercheval, Parker, and Seyburn Avenues. Adjacent to the west is the Islandview neighborhood, and adjacent to the east is Indian Village.
Indian Village
Neighborhood
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Indian Village is a neighborhood located in Detroit, Michigan, bounded to the north and south by Mack Avenue and East Jefferson Avenue, respectively, along the streets of Burns, Iroquois, and Seminole. Indian Village is situated 2 miles northwest of Belle Isle Park.
Lafayette Park
Neighborhood
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Lafayette Park is a neighborhood located east of Downtown Detroit. It contains a residential area of some 4,900 people and covers 0.37 sq mi. The northern section, planned and partially built in the 1950s by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, is listed in the National Register of Historic Places; it was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 2015. Lafayette Park is situated 3 miles west of Belle Isle Park.
Belle Isle Park
- Category: botanical garden
- Location: Wayne County, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Russian—“Belle Isle Park” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “متنزه بيل آيل (ميشيغان)”
- Arabic: “متنزه بيل آيل”
- Cebuano: “Belle Isle Park”
- Chinese: “貝爾島公園”
- Estonian: “Belle Isle”
- French: “Belle Isle”
- German: “Belle Isle Park”
- German: “Belle Isle”
- Hebrew: “בל אייל פארק”
- Italian: “Belle Isle Park”
- Japanese: “ベルアイル”
- Japanese: “ベルアイル島”
- Japanese: “ベル島公園”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Belle Isle Park”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Belle Isle”
- Norwegian: “Belle Isle Park”
- Polish: “Park Belle Isle”
- Russian: “Белл-Айл (парк, Мичиган)”
- Russian: “Белл-Айл”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Belle Isle and Fleming Channel.
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