Round Island
Round Island is an island in the Detroit River in southeast Michigan. It is part of Grosse Ile Township, in Wayne County. Its coordinates are, and the United States Geological Survey gave its elevation as 581 ft in 1980.Places of Interest
Highlights include Grosse Ile Municipal Airport and Bois Blanc Island.
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.
Bois Blanc Island
Island
Bois Blanc Island, commonly referred to as Boblo Island, is an island in the Detroit River on the Canadian side of the border and is part of Amherstburg, Ontario. Bois Blanc Island is situated 2½ miles east of Round Island.
Bois Blanc Island Lighthouse
Historic building
Photo: Yoho2001, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bois Blanc Island Lighthouse is a historic building, which is situated 2½ miles east of Round Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gibraltar and Grosse Ile Township.
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.
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 2½ miles north of Round Island.
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.
Round Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in the Detroit River in Wayne County, Michigan, United States
- Categories: island, river island, forest, locality, and landform
- Location: Wayne County, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.09203° or 42° 5′ 31″ northLongitude
-83.16686° or 83° 10′ 1″ westElevation
581 feet (177 metres)Open location code
86JR3RRM+R7OpenStreetMap ID
way 42509464OpenStreetMap feature
natural=woodOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
5007705Wikidata ID
Q49675600
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In Other Languages
“Round Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Round Island”
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