Gale Island
Gale Island is an islet in Hennepin, Minnesota. Gale Island is situated nearby to the village Greenwood, as well as near the hamlet Cottagewood.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. Galpin Lake is situated 1½ miles south of Gale Island.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 Greenwood and Excelsior.
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.
Minnetonka Beach
Village
Photo: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Minnetonka Beach is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. Located on Lake Minnetonka, the population was 546 at the 2020 census.
Gale Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States of America
- Categories: island, locality, and landform
- Location: Hennepin, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.92062° or 44° 55′ 14″ northLongitude
-93.5656° or 93° 33′ 56″ westElevation
942 feet (287 metres)Open location code
86P8WCCM+6QOpenStreetMap ID
way 40715803OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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In Other Languages
“Gale Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gale Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos, Minnesota)”
- Cebuano: “Gale Island”
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