State park · Lake Erie · Michigan
Sterling State Park
A state park on Lake Erie in Monroe County, Michigan, established 1935, 1,300 acres. In or beside it: a state-listed beach.
The park
On the record
- Water
- Lake Erie
- Location
- Monroe County, Michigan
- Nearest town
- Monroe
- Established
- 1935
- Area
- 1,300 acres (2.0 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 591 ft
- Run by
- Michigan Department of Natural Resources
- Coordinates
- 41.9156° N, 83.3336° 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
- Sterling State Park0.2 mi · sampled
EPA BEACH Act list. Distance from the park’s pin, straight line.
Along the shore
Nearest Erie state parks
- Maumee Bay State Park16 mi · 1,336 ac · OH
- Middle Bass Island State Park32 mi · OH
- Catawba Island State Park34 mi · 10 ac · OH
- East Harbor State Park37 mi · 1,831 ac · OH
- Kelleys Island State Park38 mi · 676 ac · OH
- Headlands Beach State Park106 mi · 120 ac · OH
Straight-line distance.
By boat
Launches nearby
- Bartnik in Sterling State Park0.3 mi · trailer ramp
- Bolles Harbor3.8 mi · trailer ramp
- Mouillee Creek Mouth9.3 mi · trailer ramp
- City of Luna Pier9.8 mi · trailer ramp
On the water
What to fish on Lake Erie
Source
Facts on this page are from the infobox of the Wikipedia article on Sterling 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.