Marblehead Lighthouse

Marblehead Lighthouse is in Danbury Township, Ottawa, Ohio. Marblehead Lighthouse is situated nearby to The Keeper’s House Museum, as well as near the museum U.S. Lifesaving Station.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Marblehead Light and Danbury High School.

Marblehead Light

Lighthouse

Marblehead Lighthouse in Marblehead, Ohio, United States, is the oldest lighthouse in continuous operation on the American side of the Great Lakes. It has guided sailors safely along the rocky shores of Marblehead Peninsula since 1822, and is an active aid to navigation.

Danbury High School

School

Danbury High School is a public high school in Lakeside, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Danbury Local Schools district. Their mascot is the Lakers. and they compete in the Sandusky Bay Conference as a member of the Ohio High School Athletic Association. Danbury High School is situated 2 miles west of Marblehead Lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Marblehead and Lakeside.

Marblehead

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Marblehead is a village in Ohio Erie shore west. It is on the Marblehead Peninsula, which divides Lake Erie from the Sandusky Bay.

Lakeside

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Lakeside is a private community and census-designated place in Danbury Township, Ottawa County, Ohio, United States, on the shores of Lake Erie. It was formed in 1873 by members of the Methodist Church and remains a church-affiliated vacation resort and United Methodist Annual Conference site.

Camp Snoopy

Locality

Photo: Varnent, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Camp Snoopy is a Peanuts-themed area for children at several Six Flags amusement parks. All of them originally opened while the parks were under the ownership of Cedar Fair prior to its merger with Six Flags in 2024. Camp Snoopy is situated 3½ miles south of Marblehead Lighthouse.

Marblehead Lighthouse

Type: Sign
Inscription: “If you had the opportunity to climb the 77 steps of the Marblehead Lighthouse, you might be tired! This magnificent 65 feet beacon, originally 50 feet was built in 1821 in just eleven weeks an additional 15 feet was added to the structure in 1903....”
Categories: information and tourism
Location: Danbury Township, Ottawa, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.53652° or 41° 32′ 12″ north

Longitude

-82.71217° or 82° 42′ 44″ west

Open location code

86HVG7PQ+J4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9045174417

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=information

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