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Great Lakes coastal places
Find coastal towns, lighthouses, beaches, parks and maritime stories along the Great Lakes.
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Coastal town
Erie
Pennsylvania's Great Lakes city beside Presque Isle Bay.
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Photo: Tomdonohue1 at English Wikipedia · Public domain
Bicentennial Tower.jpg by Tomdonohue1 at English Wikipedia · Public domain. Resized and converted to WebP; display crops vary.
Coastal town
Buffalo
The eastern end of Lake Erie, where grain-elevator heritage meets a renewed waterfront.
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Photo: Reading Tom from Reading, UK · CC BY 2.0
Autumnal skyline view from Erie Basin Marina, Buffalo, New York, October 2012.jpg by Reading Tom from Reading, UK · CC BY 2.0. Resized and converted to WebP; display crops vary.
Coastal town
Cleveland
A Lake Erie city linking waterfront museums, neighborhoods and urban beaches.
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Photo: Erik Drost · CC BY 2.0
Cleveland skyline from Lakewood Park, June 2024.jpg by Erik Drost · CC BY 2.0. Resized and converted to WebP; display crops vary.
Lighthouse
Dunkirk Lighthouse
A New York Lake Erie light station with maritime and veterans' collections.
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Photo: Chris Rycroft from Madison, Wisconsin, United States · CC BY 2.0
Dunkirk Lighthouse (53861095325).jpg by Chris Rycroft from Madison, Wisconsin, United States · CC BY 2.0. Resized and converted to WebP; display crops vary.
State Park
Headlands Beach State Park
A broad Ohio Lake Erie beach beside a protected dune landscape.
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Photo: Erik Drost · CC BY 2.0
Mentor Headlands Beach Sunrise (12697691344).jpg by Erik Drost · CC BY 2.0. Resized and converted to WebP; display crops vary.
Lighthouse
Marblehead Lighthouse
A stone Lake Erie beacon on Ohio's Marblehead Peninsula.
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Photo: Bobport10 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Marblehead Lighthouse.jpg by Bobport10 · CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP; display crops vary.
National Park
Point Pelee National Park
A Lake Erie peninsula of marsh, woodland and seasonal bird migration.
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Photo: Quozl · Public domain
Boardwalk in Pelee.JPG by Quozl · Public domain. Resized and converted to WebP; display crops vary.
Coastal town
Port Dover
A fishing-port community on Ontario's Lake Erie coast.
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Photo: JasonParis from Toronto, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0
Erie Beach, Pier and lighthouse at Port Dover, Ontario -a.jpg by JasonParis from Toronto, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized and converted to WebP; display crops vary.
State Park
Presque Isle State Park
A sandy peninsula with beaches and lagoons beside Erie, Pennsylvania.
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Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0
Presque Isle State Park, Millcreek Twp, Erie County, Pennsylvania - 20210904 - 08 - Lake Erie seen from Leslie Beach.jpg by Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP; display crops vary.
Coastal town
Put-in-Bay
South Bass Island's harbor village, with a national memorial above Lake Erie.
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Photo: NAHann · CC BY-SA 4.0
View from the top of Perry's Memorial Ohio.JPG by NAHann · CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP; display crops vary.
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Sandusky
A bayside Ohio city and a jumping-off point for the Lake Erie islands.
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Photo: Mike Sharp (2old) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Ohio - Sandusky Waterfront.jpg by Mike Sharp (2old) · CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP; display crops vary.