Grosse Ile

Grosse Ile is a residential area in Grosse Ile Township, Wayne County, Michigan and has about 11,400 residents. Grosse Ile is situated nearby to Elizabeth Park, as well as near the town Trenton.

Type: Residential area
Description: human settlement in Wayne County, Michigan, United States of America
Also known as: “Grosse Ile Colony”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Grosse Ile High School and Grosse Ile Municipal Airport.

Grosse Ile High School

School

Grosse Ile High School is a public high school in Grosse Ile Township, Michigan, United States. It is part of the Grosse Ile Township Schools district. Grosse Ile High School is situated 1,400 feet north of Grosse Ile.

Grosse Ile Municipal Airport

Aerodrome

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Grosse Ile Municipal Airport is on Grosse Ile, in Wayne County, Michigan. It is owned by the Township of Grosse Ile. The Federal Aviation Administration National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021 categorized it as a local reliever airport facility. Grosse Ile Municipal Airport is situated 2 miles south of Grosse Ile.

Elizabeth Park

Park

Elizabeth Park is a county-owned public park in southeast Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The park is located in the city of Trenton along West Jefferson Avenue and the Detroit River just north of the Wayne County Bridge leading to Grosse Ile. Elizabeth Park is situated 2 miles west of Grosse Ile.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grosse Ile Township and Trenton.

Grosse Ile Township

Town

Photo: TimK MSI, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Grosse Ile Township is a civil township in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A Downriver suburb of Detroit, Grosse Ile Township consists of multiple islands in the Detroit River, roughly 18 miles southwest of downtown Detroit.

Trenton

Town

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Trenton is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A Downriver suburb of Detroit, Trenton is located roughly 18 miles southwest of downtown Detroit. Trenton is situated 2 miles northwest of Grosse Ile.

Amherstburg

Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Amherstburg is a town of about 24,000 people near the mouth of the Detroit River in Essex County. The small town is rich in history, with several important heritage sites linked to the War of 1812 and the Underground Railroad.

Grosse Ile

Category: unincorporated community
Location: Grosse Ile Township, Wayne County, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.12938° or 42° 7′ 46″ north

Longitude

-83.14494° or 83° 8′ 42″ west

Population

11,400

Elevation

597 feet (182 metres)

Open location code

86JR4VH4+Q2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1093027235

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=residential

GeoNames ID

4994851

Wikidata ID

Q33440203

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Russian—“Grosse Ile” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Grosse Ile”
Dutch: “Grosse Ile”
Russian: “Гросс Айл”

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