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Headlands Beach State Park is a public beach
Beach

File:MiamiSouthBeachPanoramaEdit.jpgA beach is a geology landform along the shoreline of a body of water. It usually consists of loose particles which are often composed of Rock , such as sand, gravel, shingle beach, pebbles, or cobble....
 in Mentor
Mentor, Ohio

Mentor is a city in Lake County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 50,278 at the United States Census 2000. In July 2006, CNNMoney.com ranked Mentor in a list of the Top 100 Best Places to Live in America....
 and Painesville Township, Ohio
Painesville Township, Lake County, Ohio

Painesville Township is one of the five civil township of Lake County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 18,562 people in the township, 15,037 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township....
. The beach is the longest natural beach on Lake Erie
Lake Erie

Lake Erie is the fourth largest lake of the five Great Lakes, and the tenth largest globally. It is the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume of the Great Lakes and therefore also has the shortest average water residence time....
. The Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Plain Dealer (newspaper)

The Plain Dealer is the major daily newspaper of Cleveland, Ohio. It has the largest newspaper circulation of any Ohio newspaper, and is a top 20 newspaper for circulation in the United States....
 has ranked Headlands Beach as "Ohio's Best Beach".

The mile-long beach attracts more than 2 million visitors a year. The breakwall at the eastern end of the park, frequented by local fisherman, is home to the Fairport Harbor West Breakwater Light. Other amenities include hiking trails, a playground, and the Headlands Dunes State Nature Preserve.

lands Beach State Park is located at at the northern terminus of State Route 44.






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Headlands Beach State Park is a public beach
Beach

File:MiamiSouthBeachPanoramaEdit.jpgA beach is a geology landform along the shoreline of a body of water. It usually consists of loose particles which are often composed of Rock , such as sand, gravel, shingle beach, pebbles, or cobble....
 in Mentor
Mentor, Ohio

Mentor is a city in Lake County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 50,278 at the United States Census 2000. In July 2006, CNNMoney.com ranked Mentor in a list of the Top 100 Best Places to Live in America....
 and Painesville Township, Ohio
Painesville Township, Lake County, Ohio

Painesville Township is one of the five civil township of Lake County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 18,562 people in the township, 15,037 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township....
. The beach is the longest natural beach on Lake Erie
Lake Erie

Lake Erie is the fourth largest lake of the five Great Lakes, and the tenth largest globally. It is the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume of the Great Lakes and therefore also has the shortest average water residence time....
. The Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Plain Dealer (newspaper)

The Plain Dealer is the major daily newspaper of Cleveland, Ohio. It has the largest newspaper circulation of any Ohio newspaper, and is a top 20 newspaper for circulation in the United States....
 has ranked Headlands Beach as "Ohio's Best Beach".

The mile-long beach attracts more than 2 million visitors a year. The breakwall at the eastern end of the park, frequented by local fisherman, is home to the Fairport Harbor West Breakwater Light. Other amenities include hiking trails, a playground, and the Headlands Dunes State Nature Preserve.

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Ohmap Doton Grand River
Headlands Beach State Park is located at at the northern terminus of State Route 44. The park is located between the Mentor Marsh and the Grand River
Grand River (Ohio)

The Grand River is a tributary of Lake Erie, 102.7 miles long, in northeastern Ohio in the United States. Via Lake Erie, the Niagara River and Lake Ontario, it is part of the drainage basin of the St....
. It is adjacent to the Fairport Harbor
Fairport Harbor, Ohio

Fairport Harbor is a village #Ohio in Lake County, Ohio, Ohio, United States, along Lake Erie at the mouth of the Grand River . The population was 3,180 at the United States Census 2000....
 Coast Guard
United States Coast Guard

The United States Coast Guard is a branch of the Military of the United States and one of seven Uniformed services of the United States. In addition to being a military branch at all times, it is unique among the armed forces in that it is also a Admiralty law agency and a Federal government of the United States regulatory agency....
 station and the local Morton Salt
Morton Salt

Morton Salt is a United States company producing salt for food, water conditioning, industrial, agricultural, and road/highway use.The company began in Chicago, Illinois in 1848 as a small sales agency....
 mine.

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