*[[Port Clinton (Ohio)|Port Clinton]] is a quaint fishing town between Cleveland and Toledo.
*[[Port Clinton (Ohio)|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.
*[[Put-in-Bay]] on South Bass Island, catch a ferry from Port Clinton or Catawba.
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*[[Vermilion]] has a quaint downtown (Harbour Town), a nice public beach and boasts a large number of marinas, beachfront accommodations and fishing charters.
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*[[Vermilion (Ohio)|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===
===Ashtabula County===
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===Itineraries===
===Itineraries===
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*'''Lake Erie Circle Tour'''. Once you've had enough of the amusement parks and fishing venues, just follow the shoreline via the [http://www.great-lakes.net/tourism/circletour/erie/ Lake Erie Circle Tour]. The drive (or boat ride) takes you through the Working Waterfronts around [[Buffalo_(New York)|Buffalo]] NY, [[Cleveland]] OH, [[Detroit]] MI, [[Erie]] PA, [[Toledo (Ohio)|Toledo]], OH, and southern [[Ontario]] is intermingled with beautiful preservations of flora and fauna as well as the history of North America's first westward expansion, the ''Old Northwest Territory''.
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*'''Lake Erie Circle Tour'''. Once you've had enough of the amusement parks and fishing venues, just follow the shoreline via the Lake Erie Circle Tour [http://www.great-lakes.net/tourism/circletour/erie/]. The drive (or boat ride) takes you through the Working Waterfronts around [[Buffalo_(New York)|Buffalo]] NY, [[Cleveland]] OH, [[Detroit]] MI, [[Erie]] PA, [[Toledo (Ohio)|Toledo]], OH, and southern [[Ontario]] is intermingled with beautiful preservations of flora and fauna as well as the history of North America's first westward expansion, the ''Old Northwest Territory''.
The North Coast Beaches are the beaches in the state of Ohio, United States, along the south shore of Lake Erie. Lake Erie was named after the Erie Native American tribe who lived along its southern shore prior to exploration by Europeans. The coastal counties of Ohio and their respective beaches include:
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.
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.
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.
Lake Erie Circle Tour. Once you've had enough of the amusement parks and fishing venues, just follow the shoreline via the Lake Erie Circle Tour [1]. The drive (or boat ride) takes you through the Working Waterfronts around Buffalo NY, Cleveland OH, Detroit MI, Erie PA, Toledo, OH, and southern Ontario is intermingled with beautiful preservations of flora and fauna as well as the history of North America's first westward expansion, the Old Northwest Territory.
