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Presque Isle State Park Is Erie's Front Yard on Lake Erie
The 3,112-acre peninsula that curls into Lake Erie gives Erie beaches, trails, a marina and its best sunsets — four miles from downtown.
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The Bayfront and Bicentennial Tower Anchor Erie's Downtown Shore
Erie's bayfront turns the city's face to the water — marinas, the Bayfront Parkway, and a 187-foot tower with the best view in the county.
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The Brig Niagara Keeps Erie's War of 1812 Story Under Sail
Pennsylvania's flagship, the U.S. Brig Niagara, is a working reconstruction of the relief flagship that helped win the Battle of Lake Erie — and its home port is Erie's bayfront.
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Two Lighthouses Still Watch Over Erie's Shore and Shipping
The Presque Isle Light and the little waterworks lighthouse on the bay side bookend more than a century of guiding ships into Erie harbor.
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Erie Art Museum and Downtown Galleries Give the City a Second Front Door
In the historic Customs House on State Street, the Erie Art Museum anchors a downtown arts scene within walking distance of the bayfront.
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Gannon, Mercyhurst and Behrend Make Erie a College Town Three Ways
Downtown Gannon, hilltop Mercyhurst and the wooded Behrend campus in Harborcreek give Erie County three distinct universities within a few miles.
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