Lake Erie
Lake Erie is a historic site in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 177 m. North Milan Hill stands 201 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is The Keeper's House Museum, a lighthouse less than a tenth of a mile away. Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail runs past it. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
- Inscription
- In total area, Lake Erie is the twelfth largest freshwater lake in the world and the most shallow of the five Great Lakes. It is about 210 miles long, 57 miles wide, with a shoreline of approximately 871 miles, and has a maximum depth of 210 feet....
How to reach it
- On the Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Observation Tower · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Francis Park: 1.1 mi
- Chautauqua Park: 1.5 mi
- Foundation Park: 1.5 mi
- Cherry Park: 1.7 mi
- Perry Park: 1.7 mi
- Lake Eerie Nor'easter: 3.6 mi
- Lily Pad Walk: 3.6 mi
- Steel Vengeance: 3.6 mi
- Storm Surge: 3.6 mi
- Riptide Raceway: 3.6 mi
- Lakeside Daisy State Nature Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Ed Curilla Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Quinn Preserve: 4.4 mi
- Huntley-Beatty Preserve: 4.7 mi
- North Pond State Nature Preserve: 5.2 mi
- The Keepers of the Light: 0.0 mi
- Hoover Potato Digger Pavilion: 2.0 mi
- Home of Benajah Walcott: 2.1 mi
- The Keeper's House: 2.2 mi
- The Battle Of Lake Erie Bicentennial Marker: 4.0 mi
- U.S. Lifesaving Station: 0.1 mi
- Lakeside Heritage Museum: 2.0 mi
- The Keeper's House: 2.1 mi
- Town Hall Museum: 3.7 mi
- Historical Association Museum: 4.3 mi
- Lakeside Beach: 2.1 mi
- Cedar Point Beach: 3.9 mi
- North Swimming Beach: 5.0 mi
- North Pond Barrier Beach: 5.3 mi
- Kelleys Island State Park Public Beach: 5.5 mi
- Inscription Rock: 3.9 mi
- Shrine to the Virgin Mary: 5.3 mi
- Camp Patmos Lighthouse: 5.6 mi
- Atlas: 9.2 mi
- Joseph DeRivera Statue: 9.8 mi
- The Keeper's House Museum: 0.0 mi
- Marblehead Lighthouse State Park: 0.0 mi
- Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial: 9.6 mi
- Old Lighthouse Walkway: 11.0 mi
- Green Island Lighthouse: 11.0 mi
- Memorial Garden: 1.5 mi
- Lakefront Daisy Garden3: 1.8 mi
- George Baker Gundlach Memorial Garden: 2.2 mi
- School Garden: 4.8 mi
- Memorial Bricks: 11.3 mi
- Sugar Rock: 7.6 mi
- Taft Hill: 12.6 mi
- North Milan Hill: 16.4 mi
- Willow Point: 10.9 mi
- Canvasback Point: 14.5 mi
- Winous Point: 15.5 mi
- Kelleys Island State Park Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
- Henry T. Beatty Memorial Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
- westbound rest area: 15.7 mi
- Lorain Rest Area: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lake Erie. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Milan Hill | SSE 159° | 201 m | 16.4 mi |
| Sugar Rock | WNW 286° | 174 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
The recorded facing catches the sunset.
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:07 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:27 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:53 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 16:20 | 17:05 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 55 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sandusky, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9045174418
Day trips start here
- Oak Harbor · 23 mi
- Amherst · 28 mi
- Lorain · 29 mi
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