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Gibraltar Street intersection. Gibraltar is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan.The population was 4,656 at the 2010 census. [4]Gibraltar is a southern city of Metro Detroit and is about 12 miles (19.3 km) south of the city of Detroit.
Reservations can be made on the Michigan Department of Natural Resources' Michigan State Park & Harbor Reservations website or by calling 1-800-447-2757 (1-800-44PARKS).
Edmond Island is an island in the Detroit River [2] located in the city of Gibraltar, Michigan, in the United States. [3] Its coordinates are 42°04′58″N 83°11′39″W / 42.08278°N 83.19417°W / 42.08278; -83.19417 ( Edmond Island ) [ 1 ] , and the United States Geological Survey gives its elevation as 577 ft
This is a list of Michigan state parks and related protected areas under the jurisdiction or owned by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Parks and Recreation Division. A total of 104 state parks, state recreation areas and trail state parks currently exist along with eight other sites as well as 16 state harbors on the Great Lakes .
The following is a list of islands of Michigan. Michigan has the second longest coastline of any state after Alaska. Being bordered by four of the five Great Lakes—Erie, Huron, Michigan, and Superior—Michigan also has 64,980 inland lakes and ponds, as well as innumerable rivers, that may contain their own islands included in this list. The ...
The village of Flat Rock was platted and recorded in 1838 by the Gibraltar and Flat Rock Land Co. They were attempting to build a canal to connect Lake Erie with Lake Michigan. This effort ultimately failed. Henry Ford was attracted to the water power of the Huron River, and in 1925 he established the Ford Motor Company Lamp Factory along its ...
Lake Erie Metropark is a park in the Huron-Clinton system of metro parks. The park is a 1,607-acre (6.50 km 2) recreational facility located between the mouth of the Huron River on Lake Erie to the south and the City of Gibraltar to the north, and consists of natural marshes and ponds, hike and bike trails, nature trails, a marina, and a boat launch.
The highest point in the Lower Peninsula is either Briar Hill at 1,705 feet (520 m), or one of several points nearby in the vicinity of Cadillac. The lowest point is the surface of Lake Erie at 571 feet (174 m). A feature of Michigan that gives it the distinct shape of a mitten is the Thumb.