North Coast Beaches

Cities

• Cleveland
• Erie
• Lorain
• Sandusky
• Toledo

Other destinations

• Ashtabula is a small town lakefront town near the state border of Ohio and Pennsylvania.
• Catawba is a boating and fishing haven on Lake Erie.
• Cedar Point is an enormous amusement park on the Cedar Point peninsula.
• Conneaut is a lakefront town in the northeastern corner of Ohio.
• Fairport Harbor is a quaint town with a kid-friendly beach at the mouth and along the eastern bank of the Grand River.
• Geneva-on-the-Lake includes Geneva State Park and strip of old-fashioned tourist attractions.
• Mentor is home to the largest natural beach on Lake Erie, Mentor Headlands State Park, approximately 20 miles east of Cleveland.
• Painesville is a Connecticut Western Reserve town and county seat of Lake County
• Port Clinton is a quaint fishing town between Cleveland and Toledo.
• Put-in-Bay on South Bass Island, catch a ferry from Port Clinton or Catawba.
• Vermilion has a quaint downtown (Harbour Town), a nice public beach and boasts a large number of marinas, beachfront accommodations and fishing charters.

Ashtabula County

• Conneaut Township Park
• Geneva State Park
• Lakeshore Park
• Walnut Beach

Cuyahoga County

• Arcadia Beach
• Bay Park Beach
• Beachland Park Association
• Bonniewood Club
• Bradstreet Landing
• Cahoon Park
• Clarkwood Beach
• Coronado Beach Association
• Edge Cove Beach Club
• Edgecliff Beach
• Edgewater Park in Cleveland, Ohio, just west of downtown, exhibits dramatic vistas of Cleveland's breathtaking skyline.
• Euclid Park
• Euclid State Park
• Groveland Club
• Huntington Beach in Bay Village, Ohio, an upscale suburb west of Cleveland.
• Lake Edge Beach Association
• Luikart Drive Association
• Moss Point Beach
• Noble Beach Association
• Oudenard Club
• Overlook Park
• Rocky River Park Beach in Rocky River, Ohio, an upscale suburb west of Cleveland.
• Royal Acres Beach
• Shore Haven Club
• Shore Rest Club
• Sims Park
• Utopia Beach
• Villa Beach Club
• Wildwood State Park

Erie County

• Andersen Beach
• Beulah Beach
• Bluebird Beach
• Cedar Point Beach home of the Amazement Park, Cedar Point, the world capital of roller coasters.
• Cedar Point Chaussee
• Chaska Beach
• Hartley Beach
• Heidelberg Beach
• Huron City Beach
• Kelleys Island State Park on one of the Lake Erie Islands - ferry boat connection required.
• Linwood Beach
• Mitiwanga Beach
• Nickel Plate Beach
• Oberlin Beach
• Old Homestead Beach
• Old Woman's Creek
• Orchard Beach
• Ruggles Beach
• Rye Beach Park Beach
• Sheldon's Folly Beach
• Sherod Park
• Vermilion Beach
• Vermilion Lagoons
• Volunteer Bay
• Wilson Avenue Beach

Lake County

• Fairport Harbor adjacent to the Fairport Harbor lighthouse and the mouth of the Grand River, has a nice playground area next to the sand.
• Mentor Headlands State Park the largest beach on America's North Coast, managed by the Ohio Park System.

Lorain County

• Century Beach
• Lakeview Beach
• Lakewood Beach Park
• Village Park (Veterans Memorial Park)

Lucas County

• Crane Creek State Park
• Lakeview Shores
• Maumee Bay State Park beautiful state park, just east of Toledo, with a lakefront lodge, cabins and golf course on the grounds - adjacent to lakefront preservation areas.
• Olander Park
• Quarry Beach

Ottawa County

• Bay Point
• Catawba Island is not actually an island, attached to the mainland, but serves as an access point for ferry boats to the Lake Erie Islands
• Crane Creek
• East Harbor State Park
• Kelleys Island State Park on one of the Lake Erie Islands - ferry boat connection required.
• Lakeside
• Lakeview
• South Bass Island State Park located in the tourist town of Put-in-Bay on one of the Lake Erie Islands - ferry boat connection required.

Sandusky County

• Sandusky Bay glassy bay immediately south of the Lake Erie Islands.

Get in

• Interstate 90 runs along the southern shore of Lake Erie.
• Interstate 80 (the Ohio Turnpike) also runs east-west through northern Ohio and merges with I-90 through a portion of its course.
• State Route 2 tracks a beautiful journey through Ohio wine country, farms, small Western Reserve towns, beautiful lakefront communities and the cities that dot the North Coast.

Go next

• Go to Cleveland - there's a lot to do there.
• Lake Erie Islands, take a ferry to South Bass and other islands.