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

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

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. A Downriver suburb of Detroit, Gibraltar is located roughly 22 miles southwest of downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 4,997.

Rockwood

Town

Rockwood is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A Downriver suburb of Detroit, Rockwood is located roughly 23 miles southwest of downtown Detroit. 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 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. 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″ north

Longitude

-83.18568° or 83° 11′ 9″ west

Elevation

571 feet (174 metres)

Open location code

86JR3RM7+3P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 4861660

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

4996498

Wikidata ID

Q49641472

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In Other Languages

“Horse Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Horse Island”

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