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Lake Erie / Mentor Headlands or Headlands Beach State Park ( ID lake_erie___mentor_headlands )      Hits: 655
You are here: North America > Ohio (USA) > Lake Erie / Mentor Headlands or Headlands Beach State Park ( ID lake_erie___mentor_headlands )
Continent: North America
Country: Ohio (USA)
Next Big City (Airport):  Cleveland
Next Town: Painesville
Latitude:   41.755
Longitude: -81.2944
Type:
- Lake
Rider Ability:
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Expert

Good for:
- Kitesurfing
- Windsurfing
Features:
- Shower
- Toilet
- Food
- Parking

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Near Beaches
Lake Erie / Fairport Harbor (1.63 km) Best Direction: NE ENE E Type: Shallow Flat Chop
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Water
Type:
- Chop
- Small Wave (< 1m)
Hazards:
- Swimmers

Quality:
- Cloudy
Best Tide:
- Tide Independent


Lake Erie, though a lake it is a great lake and will get sufficiently choppy with short period wind chop up to 1-2m if wind is heavy with an onshore component. Water is deep 10m off shore.

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 Beach
Type:
- Sand
- Pebbles
Size:
- Big

Hazards:
- Other
Beach crowds:
- July
- August


Long (1.3km) sandy beach within State Park. Sandy with pebbles. Main beach area is raked/cleaned, outside main beach area, fair amount of driftwood branches which can tangle lines during launch. South end of the beach is designated launch area, right against the southern boundary of the park.

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 Weather
Spring:
- Shorty
- Normal Wetsuit
Summer:
- Shorts

Fall:
- Shorty
- Normal Wetsuit
Winter:
- Thick Wetsuit / Drysuit


No wetsuit needed from June to September. Shorty or full suit otherwise. The water is comfortable in the summer, cools to mid 50's°F by late October.

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 Wind

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Best Months:
No Information
Wind Type:
- Frontal Winds

Best Direction:
- E
- SW
- WSW
- W
Main Direction:
- NE
- E
- SE


Best on West to Southwest. East or Northeast is ok too. Shoreline faces straight SW to NE. Wind is normally gusty.

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 How to get there
Transport:
- Car
Access:
- Short Walk


90 or 2 east of Cleveland, 20 miles distance. North on 44 for 2 miles. Drive into the state park. Pull all the way to the left (South) end of the huge parking lot when you arrive.

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 Rules, Restrictions and Extra Info
Rules:
- Restricted Zones
- Time Restrictions


Windsurfers and kitesurfers coexist peacefully and many cross-over. This is a public beach which can get very crowded with clueless Midwesterners in the summer. Keep your kite well out of the swimming areas. You should be comfortable staying upwind in deep bump and jump chop to avoid penetrating the swim area. The north end of beach is a national wildlife preserve and a prohibited launch area. Rangers on 4 wheelers will warn you, but will generally let you get off the beach.

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