About Cedar Point Marina

Cedar Point Marina sits on Lake Erie at the tip of the Cedar Point peninsula in Sandusky, Ohio — a full-service marina at the heart of a boating community that reaches across Sandusky Bay and out to the Lake Erie Islands. This hub gathers local boating news, lake and weather conditions, and a directory of the marinas, services, and waterfront businesses that keep the season running.

• Cedar Point is a peninsula on the south shore of Lake Erie, in Sandusky, Ohio.
• Cedar Point began welcoming visitors as a public bathing beach and lakeside resort in 1870.
• Lake Erie is the fourth-largest of the five Great Lakes by surface area and the smallest by water volume.
• Lake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes, with an average depth of about 62 feet, which lets its water warm quickly in summer.
• Sandusky, Ohio was laid out in 1818 along Sandusky Bay, a sheltered inlet of Lake Erie.
• Sandusky Bay is separated from the open lake by the Cedar Point peninsula to the east and the Marblehead Peninsula to the north.
• The western basin of Lake Erie is renowned for walleye and yellow perch, drawing anglers from across the Midwest.
• Marblehead Lighthouse, across the bay from Cedar Point, has guided Lake Erie mariners since 1822 and is the oldest continuously operating lighthouse on the U.S. side of the Great Lakes.
• The Lake Erie Islands — including South Bass Island (Put-in-Bay) and Kelleys Island — lie a short cruise north of Sandusky Bay.
• Lake Erie takes its name from the Erie, a Native American people who once lived along its southern shore.
• In the 19th century Sandusky grew into a major Great Lakes shipping and fishing port, handling coal, lumber, and lake ice.
• Cedar Point is joined to the Sandusky mainland by the Cedar Point Causeway.

The facts on this page are drawn from public, verifiable sources:

• Cedar Point — Wikipedia
• Sandusky, Ohio — Wikipedia
• Lake Erie — Wikipedia
• Marblehead Lighthouse — Wikipedia