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Kelleys Island

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Kelleys Island [1] is an island and city in Erie County, Ohio. The island is sparsely-populated, with a small village on the south side of the island, a limestone quarry on the west side, and a State Park on the north side. Ferries from the mainland dock at the village several times/day during prime tourist season.

[edit] Get in

Kelleys Island can be reached by ferry from Sandusky or Marblehead Peninsula. Rates of the Kelleys Island Boat Company (each way) are $9 for adults, $6 for children, $15 for autos, and $4 for bicycles (2009 rates).

[edit] Get around

The island has many miles of paved roads, though many choose to travel by foot, bicycle, or golf cart.

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Glacial Grooves State Park, [2]. A wavy trough 400-feet long, 35-feet wide, and up to 10-feet deep carved by glaciers pressing large stones along the bedrock. The limestone rock contains marine fossils that are 350 to 400 million years old. Free.

Inscription Rock, a boulder covered in native petroglyphs. Near the ferry dock at the south end of the island. Free.

The ruins of an old winery can be seen half-way between the State Park and the Village.

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Camping, boating, swimming at the State Park Beach.

[edit][add listing] Buy

A small shopping district exists in the village, but choices for food are necessarily limited.

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Several small bar/restaurants are available in the village. The Kelleys Island Brewery also serves lunch and dinner just west of the village. Other businesses on the island offer soft drinks and snacks.

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Several bars exist in the village, and Kelleys Island Brewery produces several varieties of ale and lager at their facility west of the village.

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  • Kelleys Island State Park, Erie County on Kelleys Island. 45 non-electric, 82 electric sites, showers, flush toilets, volleyball court, six miles of hiking trails, North Pond Nature Preserve, North Shore Nature Preserve, picnic areas, a picnic shelter, launch ramps, fishing, 100-foot swimming beach and hunting.

[edit] Get out

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