Headlands Dunes State Nature Preserve, Mentor, Ohio

Fairport Harbor Light across the dunes on Lake Erie at Headlands Beach

Elaine shot this interesting angle on some driftwood

Driftwood on Headlands Beach, Lake Erie


Late fall at Headland Dunes, Lake Erie, Mentor, Ohio

Path through the dunes to the lighthouse at Headlands Beach

Yarrow, Dunes at Headlands Beach 

Oyster Plant? Dunes at Headlands Beach 

In the dunes, Headlands Beach, Lake Erie 

Live Dunes. That's blowing sand you see on top. Conditions were a bit difficult to shoot photos in as the sand was blowing everywhere -- I have an earful of sand to prove it! We were told the live dunes actually move with the wind. The "dead dunes" oddly enough are the stationary ones -- the ones with plants growing on them to anchor them.

Ludington Dunes. Not much of an Internet connection here, so just a small photo till we return. [Smaller image replaced with larger: Sep 18, 2005]

Headlands Dunes. Today we hiked 6 miles, from Headlands Beach to Mentor Marsh. This wide expanse of sand dunes is quite rare along Ohio's Lake Erie shoreline. Fairport Harbor Lighthouse is in the distance.

Path through the dunes to Headlands Beach

Red berries, tall shrub growing on the dunes.