# Any inhabited islands in Colorado? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 7, 2015, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261 "2015-01-07T21:17:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261/1 "2015-01-07T21:17:02Z")
My search via Google Earth implies not, but just wondering. Anybody know if any other states lack inhabited islands? Yes, I’m on vacation this week. And loving it. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261/2 "2015-01-07T21:18:37Z")
I don’t think there are any here in New Mexico. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261/3 "2015-01-07T21:27:21Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > I don’t think there are any here in New Mexico. Certainly doesn’t look like it. Wikipedia lists only 7 islands in New Mexico, and none of them look to be inhabited. ---
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261/4 "2015-01-07T21:29:06Z")
Mountaintops that are far away from other mountains are sometimes called “sky islands” and they sometimes have settlements on them. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261/5 "2015-01-07T21:30:17Z")
Any number in South Carolina. But what size are we talking, here? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261/6 "2015-01-07T21:36:46Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Any number in South Carolina. But what size are we talking, here? I’m mainly curious about how many states _don’t_ have inhabited islands. I’m sure SC does, I’ve been on a few of them. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261/7 "2015-01-07T21:38:05Z")
So which states do you think \*have \*inhabited islands? I’d expect most coastal (and Great Lakes) states to have some, and almost all inland states to have none. Of non-coastal states I’m pretty familiar with Nevada and Missouri. I suspect neither have inhabited islands. Islands with campgrounds, sure. But not with regular habitation. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261/8 "2015-01-07T21:49:56Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > So which states do you think \*have \*inhabited islands? I’d expect most coastal (and Great Lakes) states to have some, and almost all inland states to have none. > > Of non-coastal states I’m pretty familiar with Nevada and Missouri. I suspect neither have inhabited islands. Islands with campgrounds, sure. But not with regular habitation. Lots of river and reservoir islands are inhabited. Missouri has an island that has a house or two on it at 38.23001, -92.73403. I’ve found similar islands in OK, NE, and other non-coastal states. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261/9 "2015-01-07T22:07:12Z")
I think there are some on the Big Thompson River west of Loveland, but we are talking about a tiny piece of land connected by a bridge with a single dwelling on it. ---
**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreasyJack)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261/10 "2015-01-07T22:15:41Z")
https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=39.539697,-107.6471481&z=17&output=embed&dg=ntvb ---
**Author:** ![MikeS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MikeS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeS)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261/11 "2015-01-07T22:16:01Z")
According to the [USGS,](http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/) there are twelve named islands in the state of Colorado, about ten of which are in reservoirs and the remaining two are in between channels of rivers. None of them appear to be inhabited. I remember using this service in [a previous thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=700869&highlight=island) to tally the number of islands in various U.S. states. Only one of the named islands of Kansas, for example, appears to have any man-made structures on it (some kind of farm, but apparently no houses); the other two appear to be uninhabited. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261/12 "2015-01-07T22:17:09Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > I think there are some on the Big Thompson River west of Loveland, but we are talking about a tiny piece of land connected by a bridge with a single dwelling on it. That’d qualify. Got coordinates for those islands? ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261/13 "2015-01-07T22:37:01Z")
Yeah, _Grand Lake O’ The Cherokees_ here in OK has Monkey Island - with quite a bit of development on it. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261/14 "2015-01-07T22:44:07Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > That’d qualify. Got coordinates for those islands? I’m going by memory, and Google Maps isn’t a lot of help because of the vegetation in the foothills. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261/15 "2015-01-07T23:18:46Z")
> [@GreasyJack](#): > > [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/@39.539697,-107.6471481,17z) Ooh, good one! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261/16 "2015-01-07T23:20:52Z")
> [@jimbuff314](#): > > Yeah, _Grand Lake O’ The Cherokees_ here in OK has Monkey Island - with quite a bit of development on it. Close examination shows Monkey Island isn’t really an island. But nearby Bluestar island at 36.57605, -94.88978 certainly is. ---
**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreasyJack)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261/17 "2015-01-08T00:31:25Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Ooh, good one! Thanks! I’m just imagining that guy living in his run down little farmhouse in Silt with his old trucks and his (squinting… horses maybe?) not even suspecting he may be the only island dweller in the state of Colorado. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261/18 "2015-01-08T01:59:57Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > I’m mainly curious about how many states _don’t_ have inhabited islands. What do you want to do about Hawaii? Yeah, they are all islands, but do they have any lakes large enough to have lake islands, much less inhabited ones? ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261/19 "2015-01-08T03:13:34Z")
How big is Mauna Loa’s crater? 🏄‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261/20 "2015-01-08T03:27:52Z")
I think [Ford Island](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ford+Island,+Hawaii+96818/@21.363993,-157.9620888,2858m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x7c00658d72eedc0f:0x70f825f6245cb82a) in Pearl Harbor should do it for Hawaii. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261.md?page=2)