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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Grosse Ile, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Grosse Ile and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Grosse Ile:
    • 42.127171, -83.158444
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Grosse Ile
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Grosse Ile ...

We found one communities that share the name Grosse Ile.

Within Michigan, the name Grosse Ile is unique.

Beyond Michigan, there is another community also named Grosse Ile in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Quebec
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Grosse Ile.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Grosse Ile ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Busy Bee Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Busy Bee Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy Bee Corners
  • Cherry Island
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherry Island have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Island
    • Cherry Island is located in Wayne County
  • Edgewater Beach
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Flat Rock
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flat Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
    • Flat Rock is located in Monroe County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,959 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flat Rock <4>
  • Glen Eden
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Maple Beach
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Beach
    • Maple Beach is located in Wayne County
  • Riverview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
    • Riverview is located in Wayne County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,968 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riverview <4>
  • Rockwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
    • Rockwood is located in Wayne County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,146 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockwood <4>
  • Sunset Beach
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Willow Beach
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Willowood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)

How Far From Grosse Ile to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Grosse Ile to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in Grosse Ile and extending to:

  • Detroit, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<5> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Grosse Ile to Detroit, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 82 miles [132 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 391 miles [629.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,002 miles [9,659.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,733 miles [10,835.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,612 miles [7,422.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Grosse Ile. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Wayne County: www.waynecounty.com/

The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Grosse Ile could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Grosse Ile) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Grosse Ile. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1272, Longitude: -83.1584    
<6>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<7>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Grosse Ile to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.505 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.035 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.302 degrees.




 

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