Places
- In Canada
- Belle Isle (Newfoundland and Labrador), an island and strait (named by French explorer Jacques Cartier)
- In England, UK
- Belle Isle, an area of Leeds, West Yorkshire
- Belle Isle (Windermere), an island in Lake District, Cumbria
- In the United States
- Belle Isle, Florida, an inland town in central Florida
- Belle Isle (Miami Beach), an artificial island in Biscayne Bay
- Belle Isle Park, an island in the Detroit River between Michigan and Windsor, Ontario, Canada
- Belle Isle, a small island in Isle Royale National Park, Michigan
- Belle Isle Marsh Reservation, parkland near Boston
- Belle Isle State Park, in Lancaster, Virginia
- Belle Isle (Richmond, Virginia), an island and public park in the James River
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