Arcola Creek Park

Arcola Creek is the closest wild shoreline to the estate: a rare surviving Lake Erie estuary where the creek meets the lake behind a natural barrier beach.

The town of Ellensburg once stood at this junction, a working community of shipbuilders and fishermen. It is entirely gone. What remains is marsh, water birds and a quiet beach that almost nobody is on.

It is a five-minute drive and the single easiest thing to do before breakfast. Bring boots in spring.