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=Port Clinton Lakefront Preserve= East Perry Street and Lincoln Street Port Clinton, Ohio 43452 Port Clinton Lakefront Preserve (Coastal Access) webpage

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Port Clinton Lakefront Preserve
Coordinates: 41.51428, -82.9284 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

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From Lake Erie Birding Trail website

About Port Clinton Lakefront Preserve
One of the most recent public acquisitions along Ohio’s coast, the Port Clinton Lakefront Preserve connects two existing parks to create a nearly one-mile stretch of Lake Erie access.

In November 2009 the city of Port Clinton finalized the purchase of the preserve, which includes 12 acres of coastal wetlands, marsh, and a one-third mile sand beach. The acquisition preserves waterfowl and bird habitat and connects the city’s Waterworks Park on the west to Port Clinton City Beach on the east.

The preserve is located north of East Perry Street (OH-163). The road is part of the Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail of the National Scenic Byways Program; the land, part of the Atlantic and Mississippi flyways for migratory birds, is an Audubon Ohio designated Important Bird Area.

The land was purchased with funding from the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program (CELCP) administered by the ODNR Office of Coastal Management, and a Clean Ohio Green Space Conservation Fund grant.

The city of Port Clinton, the Trust for Public Land and the Black Swamp Conservancy were integral partners in the land acquisition. The city of Port Clinton owns the property and Black Swamp Conservancy holds a conservation easement over the preserve, requiring that the land be permanently maintained as a nature preserve. From Port Clinton Lakefront Preserve (Coastal Access) webpage



Photos by Vic Fazio

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