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Kelleys Island State Park

A state park on Lake Erie in Erie County, Ohio, established 1956, 676 acres. In or beside it: a state-listed beach.

Chart of Kelleys Island State Park on Lake Erie, with its beaches, lights and neighboring parks markedMiddle Bass Island State ParkEast Harbor State ParkCatawba Island State ParkMaumee Bay State ParkSterling State ParkHeadlands Beach State ParkKelleys Island State Park

The park

On the record

Water
Lake Erie
Location
Erie County, Ohio
Established
1956
Area
676 acres (1.1 sq mi)
Elevation
581 ft
Run by
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Coordinates
41.6142° N, 82.7053° W

Coordinates mark the park as Wikipedia pins it, not a gate or a lot. For big parks that can be miles from the beach.

On the sand

Beaches in and beside the park

EPA BEACH Act list. Distance from the park’s pin, straight line.

Along the shore

Nearest Erie state parks

  1. Middle Bass Island State Park6.9 mi · OH
  2. East Harbor State Park7.1 mi · 1,831 ac · OH
  3. Catawba Island State Park8.3 mi · 10 ac · OH
  4. Maumee Bay State Park35 mi · 1,336 ac · OH
  5. Sterling State Park38 mi · 1,300 ac · MI
  6. Headlands Beach State Park74 mi · 120 ac · OH

Straight-line distance.

On shore nearby

Worth the stop

By boat

Launches nearby

On the bottom

Wrecks offshore

  • Argo11 mi · lost 1937

Source

Facts on this page are from the infobox of the Wikipedia article on Kelleys Island State Park and its Wikidata record, retrieved 2026-10-11. Beaches are from EPA’s BEACH Act list and lighthouses from Wikidata. A blank field means the record is silent. Rules, hours and fees change; the park’s operator has the final word.

Chart shoreline generalized from Natural Earth (public domain). Not for navigation. Something wrong or missing? Write to contact@greatamericanlakes.com.