Conneaut Township Park

Extending west from the lighthouse is the park’s 0.4- mile long foot-friendly sand beach. It ranges in width from more than 1,000 feet along the east side to around 200-feet wide at the park’s west end. A series of wooden boardwalks, collectively called the Conneaut Township Park Boardwalk, connect parking areas to the beach and shore.

ABOUT About half of Conneaut Township Park’s acres are comprised of sand that has collected on the west side of Conneaut Harbor’s west breakwater. The harbor’s 0.3-mile long southern breakwater marks the east side of the beach. Sand covers all but the northern 600 feet of the breakwater, which is used for fishing access. LOCATION The nearly 60-acre Conneaut Township Park is on land north of State Route 531 (Lake Road) from the Fairview Drive intersection east to Wrights Avenue. The park has numerous parking lots including lots off of the Chestnut Street Extension, and Grove Street’s north terminus which loops the southeast corner of the park.

Ashtabula County, Ohio BRIEF HISTORY Conneaut Township Park is a park created by state statute

and the rules applying thereto, under Section 511.18 ORC.

The park is presently governed by a Board of Park

Commissioners consisting of three members, each serving

three year terms without compensation. Conneaut

Township’s forefathers had the necessary vision and

foresight to create a Township Park District under state law

which was approved in the general election on November 2,

1926. The Park sold Bonds and raised the necessary money

to purchase the land for approximately $61,000.00. At that

time in 1926, the park was in a very natural unimproved

state. The park was initially purchased, and has been

improved and maintained to what it is today, through tax

levies passed by the citizens of Conneaut. The park is a garden spot with the most beautiful view of Lake

Erie, Conneaut’s harbor and lighthouse that you could possibly ever imagine. It is the spot on Lake Erie for

enjoying all types of sports, water activities, picnicking, and communicating with nature for people of all

ages. It truly is Conneaut’s diamond on the lake. The Board of Park Commissioners welcomes all to come

and visit Conneaut and its beautiful park.

Board of Commissioners Gary L. Coxon James E. Supplee Vincent Parlongo