Cedar Point Lighthouse
419.627.2350
www.cedarpoint.com
Newly renovated, can view it up close during Cedar Point’s operating hours. parking fee required.
Huron Harbor Lighthouse
419.433.8487
www.huronparks.org
Can walk along pier to get up close view
Marblehead Lighthouse State Park
419.734.4424
http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/parks/marblehead/tabid/763/Default.aspx
State Park, access from dawn to dusk. Open for tours: May 27 - Aug 29, Mon - Fri: 1-4:45pm, 2nd Sat of every month Jun - Oct, 10am-3pm. Open Oct 11 for Autumn Lighthouse Festival: 10am - 3pm. Closed holidays. Museum same hours as lighthouse.
Port Clinton Lighthouse
800.441.1271
Only the top portion has been saved. Located at Brands Marina, 451 W. Lakeshore Dr., Port Clinton. You can get views of this light from the SR 163 drawbridge across the Portage River near downtown Port Clinton. It’s best to park in the downtown area and walk to the bridge. Follow the sidewalk along the west side of the bridge and look for the lighthouse about one block upstream, on the right (north) riverbank.
South Bass Island Lighthouse
419.285.1800
www.stonelab.osu.edu/tours or www.ohioseagrant.osu.edu
Open for tours: Jun 21 - Aug 16, daily 11am - 4pm (except Tues). Fee: $4/ages 12 and over, $2/children 6-11, under 6 yrs./Free. Lighthouse grounds open Wed-Mon, May 24 - Oct 25.
Vermilion Lighthouse
800.893.1485
www.inlandseas.org
Can walk up to it; plan a visit to the Inland Seas Maritime Museum, right next door.
The remains of other lighthouses can be seen on Turtle Island and West Sister Island. There are 13 lighthouses along Ohio’s north coast, 5 are in the Lake Erie Shores & Islands. An Ohio Lighthouses & Maritime Adventures brochure, complete with a map and descriptions of the coastal lighthouses, is available through the Lake Erie Shores & Islands Welcome Centers or from Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Inc. at www.coastalohio.com.
