Near Huron in Erie County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

First Cedar Point Road

Photographed by Jamie Abel, April 17, 2011

1. First Cedar Point Road Marker

Inscription.
This was one of the first concrete roads built in Ohio. When Cedar Point opened for the 1913 season, it was the access road. The road extended one mile north to the water and six miles west along the lake's unstable sandspit, which was destroyed by storms closing the road in 1919. The entrance was then relocated two miles to the west.

Erected by Erie County Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Entertainment • Roads & Vehicles. A significant historical year for this entry is 1913.

Location. 41° 24.498′ N, 82° 36.135′ W. Marker is near Huron, Ohio, in Erie County. It is on Cleveland Road West (U.S. 6) 0.6 miles west of Rye Beach Road (Local Highway 122). The marker sits in a park on the north side of Old U.S. Route 6, which runs somewhat parallel to the more significant Ohio Route 2, just a couple of tenths of a mile to the south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Huron OH 44839, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Ohio’s Lake Erie Shore

and in the Western Reserve.

It is also in the American Midwest,

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on the Great Lakes,

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Historic Roadway (here, next to this marker); Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Natural Areas and Preserves (within shouting distance of this marker); The Firelands (approx. 0.9 miles away); Huron’s First Inhabitants (approx. 1.8 miles away); Electric Interurban Railways / Lake Shore Electric Railway (approx. 2 miles away); World War II (approx. 2.4 miles away); The Huron Playhouse (approx. 2.4 miles away); Christ Episcopal Church (approx. 2½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Huron.

Also see . . . First Cedar Point Road, a history of the Cedar Point Chaussee. Midwest Guest website entry (Submitted on April 4, 2024, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

Photographed by Jamie Abel, April 17, 2011

2. First Cedar Point Road Marker

The marker stands in a park on the north side of the road, with a vehicle traveling west on U.S. Route 6 in the background.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, August 8, 2019

3. First Cedar Point Road Marker

The marker was relocated to a few feet away when the parking lot was enlarged.

First Cedar Point Road image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jamie Abel, April 17, 2011

4. First Cedar Point Road

The old, defunct road to Cedar Point is now a walking path.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 4, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 18, 2011, by Jamie Abel of Westerville, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,916 times since then and 105 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 18, 2011, by Jamie Abel of Westerville, Ohio. 3. submitted on November 9, 2019, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. 4. submitted on April 18, 2011, by Jamie Abel of Westerville, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.