Mouse Island Reef

Mouse Island Reef is a bar in Ottawa, Ohio. Mouse Island Reef is situated nearby to the locality Catawba Island, as well as near the hamlet Gem Beach.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mouse Island and Starve Island.

Mouse Island

Islet

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Mouse Island is a seven acre private island located in Lake Erie off the northern tip of Catawba Point in Ottawa County, Ohio, United States, near the city of Sandusky.

Starve Island is an island of the U.S. state of Ohio located in Lake Erie. The 2-acre island is about a mile south of South Bass Island. In normal weather conditions it is visible for only a mile or two, as some rocks and a few shrubs poking up from the lake, and is the second smallest of the Lake Erie Islands.

United States Coast Guard Station Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

South Bass Island Light is a lighthouse on the southern end of its eponymous island in Lake Erie. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on April 5, 1990 and is thought to be the only lighthouse in the United States owned by a university - Ohio State. United States Coast Guard Station Lighthouse is situated 1½ miles north of Mouse Island Reef.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Catawba Island and Put-in-Bay.

Catawba Island

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Catawba Island is part of the Ottawa County peninsula. Catawba Island is one of 12 townships that make up Ottawa County, Ohio. It is commonly referred to as Catawba and Catawba Island, although it is no longer an island as the water separating it from the mainland has been diverted.

Put-in-Bay

Photo: Alvintrusty, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Put-in-Bay is a resort village 3 mi offshore of mainland Ohio on Lake Erie. Put-in-Bay is a village on South Bass Island, but the name commonly is used to refer to the entire island.

Middle Bass

Hamlet

Middle Bass is an unincorporated community in Put-in-Bay Township, Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. It is the only community on Middle Bass Island in Lake Erie. It has a post office with the ZIP code 43446. Middle Bass is situated 5 miles north of Mouse Island Reef.

Mouse Island Reef

Type: Bar
Categories: char and landform
Location: Ottawa, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.60672° or 41° 36′ 24″ north

Longitude

-82.83269° or 82° 49′ 58″ west

Elevation

568 feet (173 metres)

Open location code

86HVJ548+MW

GeoNames ID

5163889

Wikidata ID

Q49619415

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In Other Languages

“Mouse Island Reef” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Mouse Island Reef”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Catawba Island and Gem Beach.

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