A special place at grand island welcome to the hampton inn grand island when you hear of grand island your first question might be is there really an island in nebraska indeed there was formed by channels of the north and south platte river le grand ile was the worlds largest inland island estimated at 40 to 70 miles in length today grand isle is an oasis on the platte river where youll find plenty of fun and entertainment from thoroughbred racing to art galleries and everythin