Belleville Lake

Belleville Lake is a reservoir in Wayne County, Michigan. Belleville Lake is situated nearby to the hamlet Edgewater Heights, as well as near Charter Township of Van Buren.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Belleville High School and Willow Run Airport.

Belleville High School

School

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Belleville High School is a public high school located in Belleville, Michigan and the only zoned high school in the Van Buren School District.

Willow Run Airport

Aerodrome

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Willow Run Airport is a Wayne County-owned airport in Van Buren Charter Township and Ypsilanti Charter Township, near Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States, that serves freight, corporate, and general aviation. Willow Run Airport is situated 2 miles northwest of Belleville Lake.

The Michigan Flight Museum, formerly known as the Yankee Air Museum, is an aviation museum located at Willow Run Airport, and in Ypsilanti Township, Michigan. The museum has a small fleet of flying aircraft and a collection of static display aircraft outdoors. Michigan Flight Museum is situated 2 miles north of Belleville Lake.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Belleville and Charter Township of Van Buren.

Belleville

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Belleville is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A western suburb of Detroit, Belleville is located roughly 29 miles southwest of downtown Detroit, and 18 miles southeast of Ann Arbor, and is entirely surrounded by Van Buren Township.

Charter Township of Van Buren

Town

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Van Buren Township is a charter township in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A western suburb of Detroit, Van Buren Township is located roughly 28 miles southwest of downtown Detroit, and 17 miles southeast of Ann Arbor.

Rawsonville

Hamlet

Rawsonville is an unincorporated community on the boundary of Washtenaw County and Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Small parts of the historic community of Rawsonville lie under Belleville Lake, which is an artificial reservoir created in 1925 when the Eastern Michigan Edison Company built the French Landing Dam and Powerhouse along the Huron River. Rawsonville is situated 3 miles west of Belleville Lake.

Belleville Lake

Type: Reservoir
Category: body of water
Location: Wayne County, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.21133° or 42° 12′ 41″ north

Longitude

-83.49742° or 83° 29′ 51″ west

Elevation

650 feet (198 metres)

Open location code

86JR6G63+G2

GeoNames ID

4985603

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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