Best anchorages and harbours in Lake Erie

Lakeside Yacht Club

Private club on Lake Erie at 4851 North Marginal Road, Cleveland, founded in 1930.

Locust Point Marina

Marina at Locust Point near Oak Harbor, Ohio, on the western basin of Lake Erie.

Lorain

Anchorage at the mouth of the Black River on Lake Erie, at Lorain, Ohio, about 30 miles west of Cleveland.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE

Lost Peninsula Marina

Marina on Maumee Bay at the western end of Lake Erie, on the Lost Peninsula near Erie, Michigan.

Lost Peninsula Marina

Year-round marina on Lake Erie at Erie, Michigan, right on the Michigan and Ohio state line northeast of Toledo.

Luna Pier Harbor Club

Marina with direct Lake Erie access at Luna Pier, Michigan, near the western end of the lake.

MacRay Harbor

Marina on the Lake St. Clair shore of Anchor Bay at Harrison Township, Michigan, about one mile north of the Clinton River mouth.

Maple Grove Marina & Park

Municipal marina and park on the Vermilion River, just south of the river mouth on Lake Erie, in Vermilion, Ohio.

Sandusky Bay anchorage

Open anchorage on Sandusky Bay, off Lake Erie in Ohio, used as a stopover within the bay's shallow waters.

• Sheltered N, S, SW, W, NW

Marine City Marina & MHP

Marina and mobile home park at 7401 E Harbor Road on East Harbor, Marblehead peninsula, Ohio, on the western basin of Lake Erie.

McGarvey's Landing

Public dock on the east bank of the Vermilion River in Harbour Town, Vermilion, Ohio, with direct access to Lake Erie.

Meinke Marina East

Full-service marina on the Western Basin of Lake Erie at Curtice, Ohio, the eastern of the family-run Meinke marinas opened in 1979.

Meinke Marina Laraine's Landing

Gas dock and marina service point of the Meinke marinas, on the Cooley Canal near Reno Beach, on the Western Basin of Lake Erie, Ohio.

Meinke Marina-West

The larger of the family-run Meinke marinas on the Western Basin of Lake Erie, near Reno Beach, Ohio, also known as Laraine's Landing.

Mentor Lagoons Nature Preserve & Marina

Municipal marina on the south shore of Lake Erie at Mentor, Ohio, set inside a 450-acre city nature reserve with crescent-shaped lagoons.

Middle Bass Island Yacht Club

Private yacht club on the south side of Middle Bass Island, in the western basin of Lake Erie, sharing the harbour with Middle Bass Island State Park Marina.

Midway Marina Inc

Full-service marina on West Harbor at the foot of Catawba Island, on NE Catawba Road near Port Clinton, Lake Erie.

Miller Marina

Family-run marina at the west end of Put-in-Bay harbour on South Bass Island, Ohio, opened in 1995.

Monroe Marina

Family-run marina at Barcelona Harbor in Westfield, on the Lake Erie shore of Chautauqua County, New York.

North Channel Yacht Club

Private destination yacht club on a four-acre island where the North Channel meets the north-east corner of Lake St Clair, near Algonac, Michigan.

North Coast Marina & Campgrounds

Marina and campground on the Ashtabula River in Ashtabula, Ohio, about a 20-minute cruise upstream from Lake Erie.

North East Marina

Public marina behind a breakwall on the south shore of Lake Erie at North East, Pennsylvania, run by the North East Community Marina Association.

Battery Park Marina

Large marina in downtown Sandusky directly across the bay from Cedar Point, run by Oasis Marinas, with 650 berths.

Oasis Marinas at North Coast Harbor

Public marina in Cleveland's inner harbour, downtown on the Lake Erie waterfront.

Oasis Marinas at Port Lorain

Full-service marina on the west bank of the Black River in Lorain, Ohio, near the river mouth at Lake Erie's south shore.

Olde River Yacht Club

Private deep-water yacht club on the Cuyahoga River at Whiskey Island, Cleveland, just inside the river mouth on Lake Erie.

Paper District Marina

Public transient marina on Sandusky Bay, opened in 2011 on the former Scott Paper Company factory site west of Jackson Street Pier.

Perry's Landing Marina

Full-service marina on the western part of Presque Isle Bay, Erie, Pennsylvania, just off the Bayfront Parkway.

Pipe Creek Marina

Small marina in Sandusky Bay at the mouth of Pipe Creek, on the south shore of Lake Erie.

Portside Marina

Marina of 115 berths in downtown Kelleys Island on the south shore, Lake Erie, accommodating boats up to 24 m length and 6 m beam.