# 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:** 2
**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 8, 2015, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261/21 "2015-01-08T03:28:44Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > 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? No significant lake islands in Hawaii, only two or three actual lakes there (as opposed to reservoirs) but I’ll give Hawaii a pass for being all islands. ETA: Ford’s good too. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261/22 "2015-01-08T03:37:00Z")
I think there’s a really expensive mall in [del]Vail[/del] Aspen known as “Fashion Island.” Nobody actually _lives_ there, _per se_ (as in: after closing time), except a few homeless people. ---
**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 8, 2015, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261/23 "2015-01-08T03:41:20Z")
We’ve got Colorado covered now with **GreasyJack** ’s link. Nothing on New Mexico yet though. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261/24 "2015-01-08T04:40:50Z")
If you want to spend time on a Colorado island, there’s Sentinel Island, which has a campground on it. https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Sentinel%2BIsland,%2BCO&hl=en&ll=39.600596,-106.064608&spn=0.010069,0.021136&sll=40.15939,-105.850756&sspn=0.002497,0.005284&t=h&z=16 ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261/25 "2015-01-08T04:59:04Z")
There’s [this](https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=36.73032,-108.18258&z=14&t=h&output=classic&dg=oo) in Farmington. Part of the tiny channel separating it was buried, though, and in any case it looks like it might be manmade. There’s a better island to the northeast (Browning Parkway crosses it), but no houses, just a couple of sheds and a storage tank. ---
**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261/26 "2015-01-10T21:03:23Z")
> [@boffking](#): > > Mountaintops that are far away from other mountains are sometimes called “sky islands” and they sometimes have settlements on them. They are called “inselberg”. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261/27 "2015-01-11T16:33:57Z")
Well slap me and call me Beverly. I would have thought the number of inhabited islands in Illinois is zero. It’s at least one, and possibly four, depending on how you define “inhabited.” ---
**Author:** ![whc.03grady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@whc.03grady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whc.03grady)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261/28 "2015-01-11T22:38:36Z")
There’s at least one permanently inhabited island in Montana, Siebeck Island in the Yellowstone River in Livingston. https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=45.6439162,-110.5659741&z=15&output=embed&dg=ntvb&q=Livingston,%2BMt%2B59047&cid=110684592564783947102188163069406121036 ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261/29 "2015-01-11T22:43:25Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > That’d qualify. Got coordinates for those islands? I wonder if this is how Dr. No started? ---
**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 12, 2015, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261/30 "2015-01-12T02:52:48Z")
> [@Lord\_Feldon](#): > > There’s [this](https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=36.73032,-108.18258&z=14&t=h&output=classic&dg=oo) in Farmington. Part of the tiny channel separating it was buried, though, and in any case it looks like it might be manmade. > > There’s a better island to the northeast (Browning Parkway crosses it), but no houses, just a couple of sheds and a storage tank. Yeah, I see them both. Agree that the burying of the channel is problematic. Still, there are wider bridges than that in the world, so if push comes to shove, I could accept it. 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 12, 2015, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261/31 "2015-01-12T02:55:21Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > I wonder if this is how Dr. No started? Mmmmmmaybe. 🆒 ---
**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 12, 2015, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261/32 "2015-01-12T02:56:46Z")
> [@whc.03grady](#): > > There’s at least one permanently inhabited island in Montana, Siebeck Island in the Yellowstone River in Livingston. > [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Livingston,+Mt+59047/@45.6439162,-110.5659741,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x534513be27a04723:0x459632265a848c4c) Montana is in the club! Can anyone point to other states that are viable candidates for No Inhabited Islands? ---
**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 12, 2015, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261/33 "2015-01-12T03:23:34Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > Well slap me and call me Beverly. I would have thought the number of inhabited islands in Illinois is zero. It’s at least one, and possibly four, depending on how you define “inhabited.” Looks like at least two inhabited islands in Fox Lake alone. Plus one in Nippersink Lake, and one between Channel Lake and Lake Marie. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261/34 "2015-01-12T03:26:34Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > I would have thought the number of inhabited islands in Illinois is zero. [Goose Island](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goose_Island_(Chicago)), off the top of my head. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261/35 "2015-01-12T06:50:22Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Can anyone point to other states that are viable candidates for No Inhabited Islands? Without doing any significant research: Utah, Nevada Someone above said states with ocean shores are certain to have them. This would seem to be a no brainer, but as far as I know, there are no inhabited islands off the Oregon coast. It’s just the nature of the coast: the ocean bottom drops rather precipitously as you move off shore. Pretty much all the off-shore islands are better described as rocks (and they’re usually named rocks as well). That’s not to say Oregon has no inhabited islands: Hayden Island and Sauvie Island (both near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia) are inhabited. ---
**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreasyJack)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261/36 "2015-01-12T17:29:16Z")
> [@whc.03grady](#): > > There’s at least one permanently inhabited island in Montana, Siebeck Island in the Yellowstone River in Livingston. > [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Livingston,+Mt+59047/@45.6439162,-110.5659741,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x534513be27a04723:0x459632265a848c4c) There’s also several pretty impressive houses on islands (in some cases private islands) on Flathead Lake. For example: [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/@47.8490377,-114.2598332,1414m/data=!3m1!1e3) and [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/@47.8947772,-114.1720666,671m/data=!3m1!1e3) I’m guessing those aren’t permanently inhabited in the sense that I’m sure the actual owner have many other houses to live in during the winter months, but there may be caretakers who are out there full time. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261/37 "2015-01-12T17:57:17Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > Without doing any significant research: Utah, Nevada. [Antelope Island has been inhabited since pioneer times. A ranch house on Antelope Island is said to be the state’s oldest Anglo-built structure on its original foundation and the longest continually inhabited building in Utah.](http://geology.utah.gov/online_html/pi/pi-39/pi39pg05.htm) However, it doesn’t say it’s inhabited now other than for tours. So this one may be open to interpretation. ---
**Author:** ![whc.03grady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@whc.03grady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whc.03grady)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261/38 "2015-01-12T18:00:20Z")
Probably stretching the meaning of ‘inhabited’, but Wyoming gets one: [http://yellowstonewiki.com/wiki/Peale\_Island](http://yellowstonewiki.com/wiki/Peale_Island) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261/39 "2015-01-12T18:27:39Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Close examination shows Monkey Island isn’t really an island. Probably aren’t any monkeys there, either… ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261/40 "2015-01-12T18:52:15Z")
In a previous life I lived in Utah. A lot of public lands, BLM, Forest service. Maybe 80% of the state is federally owned. I have flown over it in prop planes. Its got islands! If ya buy one, invite me for a visit, okay? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-inhabited-islands-in-colorado/709261.md?page=3)