Big Island
Big Island is an island in Hennepin, Minnesota. Big Island is situated nearby to the village Minnetonka Beach, as well as near Greenwood.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island on Lake Minnetonka in Minnesota, United States
- Also known as: “Meeker’s Island”, “Meekers Island”, “Moris Island”, and “Morses Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Galpin Lake and Allemarinda and James Wyer House.
Galpin Lake
Galpin Lake is a lake in Hennepin County, Minnesota, in the United States. The northern part of the lake is in Excelsior and the southern part is in Shorewood.Allemarinda and James Wyer House
Apartment building
Photo: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Allemarinda and James Wyer House is a Victorian cottage beside Lake Minnetonka in Excelsior, Minnesota, United States. It was built in 1887 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Minnetonka Beach and Greenwood.
Minnetonka Beach
Village
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Minnetonka Beach is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. Located on Lake Minnetonka, the population was 546 at the 2020 census.
Greenwood
Village
Greenwood is a community on Saint Albans Bay on Lake Minnetonka in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States just northeast of the community of Excelsior, Minnesota. The population was 726 at the 2020 census.
Excelsior
Photo: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Excelsior is a city of 2300 people in the Twin Cities. Excelsior was founded in the 1850s as a destination for vacationers, primarily from the cities of Minneapolis and St.
Big Island
- Categories: nature reserve, recreation area, locality, and landform
- Location: Hennepin, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.92969° or 44° 55′ 47″ northLongitude
-93.56243° or 93° 33′ 45″ westElevation
938 feet (286 metres)Open location code
86P8WCHQ+V2OpenStreetMap ID
way 40702895OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
5018263Wikidata ID
Q49632956
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Big Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Big Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos, Minnesota, Hennepin County)”
- Cebuano: “Big Island”
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Highlights include Big Island Park and Mahpiyata Island.
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