Horse Island
Horse Island is an island in the Detroit River, in southeast Michigan. It is in Wayne County. Its coordinates are, and the United States Geological Survey gave its elevation as 571 ft in 1980. Walleye can be caught there.Places of Interest
Highlights include Grosse Ile Municipal Airport and Carlson High School.
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 northeast of Horse Island.
Carlson High School
School
Oscar A. Carlson High School in Gibraltar, Michigan, United States, is located near mouth of the Detroit River at Lake Erie. It is a member of the Gibraltar School District, serving the five municipalities of Gibraltar, Flat Rock, Woodhaven, Rockwood, and Brownstown Township.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gibraltar and Rockwood.
Gibraltar
Town
Gibraltar is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,997 at the 2020 census. Gibraltar is a southern city of Metro Detroit and is about 12 miles south of the city of Detroit.
Rockwood
Town
Rockwood is a city in southeastern Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, Rockwood had a population of 3,240. Rockwood is situated 3 miles west of Horse Island.
Grosse Ile Township
Town
Photo: TimK MSI, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grosse Ile Township is a civil township of Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 10,777 at the 2020 census. The township encompasses several islands in the Detroit River, of which the largest is named as Grosse Ile. Grosse Ile Township is situated 3½ miles northeast of Horse Island.
Horse Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in the Detroit River in Wayne County, Michigan, United States
- Categories: island, river island, locality, and landform
- Location: Wayne County, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.08273° or 42° 4′ 58″ northLongitude
-83.18568° or 83° 11′ 9″ westElevation
571 feet (174 metres)Open location code
86JR3RM7+3POpenStreetMap ID
way 4861660OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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In Other Languages
“Horse Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Horse Island”
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