Howard Island
Howard Island is an islet in Wood, Ohio. Howard Island is situated nearby to the village Providence, as well as near Grand Rapids.- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Wood County, Ohio, United States of America
- Also known as: “Island Number 1” and “Number 1 Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Thurston State Park and Providence Metropark.
Thurston State Park
Nature reserve
Mary Jane Thurston State Park is a 105-acre public recreation area one mile west of Grand Rapids in Wood and Henry counties, Ohio, United States. The state park lies along the south bank of the Maumee River near remains of the historic Miami and Erie Canal.
Providence Metropark
Park
Providence Metropark is a regional park near Grand Rapids, Ohio, USA, owned and managed by Metroparks Toledo. The park contains mule-drawn canal boat rides on the Miami and Erie Canal and features canal lock 44, the only original functioning lock in the state of Ohio.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Providence and Texas.
Providence
Village
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Providence is a ghost town on the north side of the Maumee River in southern Providence Township, Lucas County, Ohio, United States, about 24 miles southwest of Toledo.
Texas
Hamlet
Texas is an unincorporated community in Henry County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. Texas is situated 4 miles west of Howard Island.
Neapolis
Hamlet
Neapolis is a census-designated place in northwestern Providence Township, Lucas County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 497. It has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43547. Neapolis is situated 5 miles north of Howard Island.
Howard Island
- Categories: island, locality, and landform
- Location: Wood, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.41411° or 41° 24′ 51″ northLongitude
-83.87298° or 83° 52′ 23″ westElevation
643 feet (196 metres)Open location code
86HRC47G+JROpenStreetMap ID
way 182809276OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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In Other Languages
“Howard Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Howard Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos, Ohio)”
- Cebuano: “Howard Island”
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