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template: byway.jade
id: "59836"
name: Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail
distance: "293"
duration: Take eight hours to drive the byway or three to four days to experience the stops along the way.
description: "Experience 12,000 years of history along Lake Erie. Visit the Lake Erie Islands, coastal marshes, prairies, rivers, and waterfalls. Follow tales of early shipping and sailing at maritime museums, restored freighters, and lighthouses. Learn about the Western Reserve, the Underground Railroad, and the War of 1812 at historic sites and museums."
contact: "**[Lake Erie Coastal Ohio, Inc.](http://www.coastalohio.com)**  \r\n [Send E-mail](mailto:info@coastalohio.com)\r\n\r\n**[Convention & Visitors Bureau of Great Toledo](http://www.dotoledo.org/gtcvb/)**   \r\n800-243-4667  \r\n\r\n**[Lake Erie Shores and Islands West](http://shoresandislands.com)**  \r\n800-441-1271    \r\n  [Send E-mail](mailto:info@shoresandislands.com)  \r\n\r\n**[Lake Erie Shores and Islands East](http://shoresandislands.com)**  \r\n  800-255-3143    \r\n  [Send E-mail](mailto:info@shoresandislands.com)  \r\n\r\n**[Lorain County Visitors Bureau](http://www.lcvb.org)**  \r\n  800-334-1673   \r\n\r\n**[Positively Cleveland](http://www.positivelycleveland.com)**  \r\n  800-321-1001   \r\n  [Send E-mail](mailto:cvb@positivelycleveland.com:)\r\n\r\n**[Lake County Visitors Bureau](http://www.lakevisit.com)**  \r\n  800-368-5253\r\n \r\n**[Ashtabula County Convention & Visitors Bureau](http://www.accvb.org/)**  \r\n  800-337-6746   \r\n  [Send E-mail](mailto:visitus@visitashtabulacounty.com)\r\n"
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websites: 
  - url: "http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=52520"
    name: Erie National Wildlife Refuge
  - url: "http://www.friendsofmageemarsh.org/index.php"
    name: Friends of Magee Marsh Wildlife Area
  - url: "http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/Home/LakeErieBirdTrailIndex/tabid/21961/Default.aspx"
    name: Lake Erie Birding Trail
  - url: "http://www.dot.state.oh.us/OhioByways/Pages/LakeErieCoastalOhio.aspx"
    name: Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail
  - url: "http://www.ohioshipwrecks.org/"
    name: Ohio Shipwrecks
  - url: "http://www.fws.gov/midwest/ottawa/"
    name: Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge
  - url: "http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=31542"
    name: West Sister Island National Wildlife Refuge
designations: 
  - National Scenic Byway
  - Ohio State Scenic Byway
states: 
  - OH
ll: 
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  - 41.67215000032223
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Experience 12,000 years of history along Lake Erie. Visit the Lake Erie Islands, coastal marshes, prairies, rivers, and waterfalls. Follow tales of early shipping and sailing at maritime museums, restored freighters, and lighthouses. Learn about the Western Reserve, the Underground Railroad, and the War of 1812 at historic sites and museums.