BEACH PHOTO COURTESY OF LAKE ERIE SHORES & ISLANDS; MARINA PHOTO COURTESY OF CEDAR POINTLAKELANDBOATING.COM | MAY 2018 Resources
■ Cedar Point and Cedar Point Marina
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■ Lake Erie Shores & Islands
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■ Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Coastal Management
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■ Sandusky Marinas, Launch Ramps, Boating and Fishing
CI.SANDUSKY.OH.US/LOCAL-ATTRACTIONS/BOATING-FISHING.HTMAmazing amusement
Of course, Sandusky’s most treasured man-made attraction
is Cedar Point. The incomparable, multi-faceted playground
offers 70-plus rides (including the world's tallest, steepest,
longest and fastest hybrid roller coaster, the Steel Vengeance,
opening in 2018), hotels, restaurants, shows, events,
fishing charters, a beach with a mile of white sand and the
spectacular Cedar Point Marina.
“It’s one of the largest marinas on Lake Erie,” says
Marina Operations Director Bob Highlander. “We
have 9.5 miles of docks.” More than 100 transient slips
ranging from 40 to 125 feet are available, but because
of the marina’s amusement park environment, most of
its docks are seasonal.
“Some people have been docking here since the early
1960s. It’s a place where generations of families grow up,”
Highlander says. That family atmosphere yields a boatload
of benefits, including ticket and meal deals for seasonal dock
holders, access to the marina’s two full-service restaurants
(try Famous Dave’s for barbecue or Bay Harbor for seafood
and steaks), early admission to the park if you dock overnight,
and a park entrance gate conveniently adjacent to the marina.
Boaters also can use Cedar Point’s courtesy shuttle service
to get from the marina to the beach and other places around
the park. Since the Jet Express docks at the marina, the
ferry is handy for island-hopping or shopping and dining
in downtown Sandusky.
“Even if it’s too windy to go out on the lake, there is
always something to do here,” Highlander says. ★Cedar Point MarinaCedar Point BeachPOC_Sandusky_MAY18.indd 63 3/28/18 12:58 PM