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GETTING HERE South Bass Island and Two privately operated ferries offer frequent daily service. Miller Boat Line (millerferry.com, Oak Point State Park 1-800-500-2421) offers service for cars, RVs, bicyclists and pedestrians from the mainland at Catawba. The Jet Express (jet-express.com, 1-800-245-1538) offers service for pedestrians from Port Clinton and South Bass Island State Park location: Sandusky. Golf cart and bicycle rentals along with taxi service are available from private vendors. The 1523 Catawba Avenue Lake Erie Shores and Islands Welcome Center on the mainland at Port Clinton is an excellent source Put-In-Bay, Ohio 43456 (419) 285-2112 - Park Office (seasonally) for travel information. See shoresandislands.com or call 1-800-441-1271. GIBRALTAR ISLAND Regional office: Peach Orchard Point Put-In-Bay East Harbor State Park OAK POINT INSET MAP Columbus Ave. 1169 N. Buck Road SEE Jet Express Dock Lakeside-Marblehead, Ohio 43440-9610 OAK POINT (419) 734-4424 - East Harbor Park Office INSET MAP Delaware Rd. LAKE ERIE AREA MAP Bay View NORTH BASS Mitchell Rd. Oak Point Village of Main Street Perry’s Monument ISLAND State Park Put-In-Bay Bus Trenton Rd. Depot Bay ViewW Niagara Rd. ThompsonCatawba Rd. Ave. Toledo Ave. Perry’s MIDDLE BASS ISLAND Cave SEE Put-In-Bay SOUTH BASS Middle Bass Island LAKE ERIE Heineman’sWinery Oak Point INSET MAP State Park LAKE ERIE State Park To Village of Put-In-Bay Scale in Miles Put-in-Bay Rd. SOUTH BASS 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 SOUTH BASS INSET MAP ISLAND Sites South Bass Island Ferry to and from Sandusky Kelleys Island State Park 75-77 & 87-94 Langram Rd. State Park Sites Niagara Rd. Scale 18-24 0 1/2 1 mile Sites KELLEYS Sites Ferry from Port Clinton ISLAND 95-101 7-15 & Sites 60-70 78-86 LAKE ERIE Sites Miller Boat Line Dock LEGEND 102-119 Ferry from Catawba Sites Park Office Glacial Grooves Sites 1-5 & 25-59 120-129 To Village of Picnic Area Change Booth Marblehead Catawba East Harbor Lighthouse LAKE ERIE Put-In-Bay Picnic Shelter Water Island State Park State Park Latrines Campground Area State Park South Bass Parking Hiking Trail Island Catawba Avenue State Park Launch Ramp Park Boundary SR 53 Stone Beach 24 hour Docking Showerhouse SR 269 MARBLEHEAD Cabents Fishing Area SR 163 SR 269 Rustic Cottage Fish Cleaning House Bay Shore Rd. Dock Beach Dump Station To Port Rev. 5/13 Clinton East Rd..

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