The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources manages Presque Isle State Park, a recurving sand-spit that is located along the Southern Shore of Lake Erie. The park is 3,200 acres with six distinct ecological zones from new beach to climax forest. The park is home to many rare, threatened, and endangered plant and animal species. The peninsula is also the most visited state park in the Commonwealth, hosting over 4 million visitors annually.  

Presque Isle State Park

Thank you for visiting Presque Isle State Park and for participating in our Chronolog Citizen Science Project. You are standing on the
Gull Point Observation Platform looking South toward Lake Erie. As a recurving sand spit jutting out into Lake Erie, Presque Isle State Park is continually impacted by erosion and deposition. Gull Point is located at the distal end of the peninsula. Gull Point is a collection area for the material that is eroded from the lake shore of the peninsula. The material moves through the system and ends up depositing in this area, creating new beach habitats that are excellent habitat for resting, breeding, and nesting shorebirds. Your photographs taken at this location will help document the natural changes that occur in this area including water
level, sedimentation, storm events, and vegetation growth. This Chronolog site is sponsored by the Presque Isle Partnership.  

Gull Point Observation Platform

Thank you for visiting Presque
Isle State Park and for participating in our Chronolog Citizen Science Project.  You are standing on “The Feather” observation platform that overlooks this inlet of Presque Isle Bay, adjacent to Leo’s Landing. This location provides an excellent view of a wetland ecosystem. This area was once overrun with invasive plant species (primarily phragmites and narrow-leaved cattail) to the point of degradation of the area, so it was no longer accessible by spawning fish, or able to be traversed by amphibians and reptiles. Park staff and interns have worked very hard to return this area to a native wetland and allowing for open-water once again.  Water levels are now able to fluctuate naturally with the ebb and flow of the level of Lake Erie and Presque Isle Bay. Your photographs taken at this location will help document the natural changes that occur in this area including water level, seasonal changes to plants, and the variety of
bird and animal species that utilize this wetland. This Chronolog site is sponsored by the Presque Isle Partnership.  

The Feather Observation Platform

Thank you for visiting Presque Isle State Park and for participating in our Chronolog Citizen Science Project. You are standing at Beach 7 looking Southwest toward the shoreline. As a recurving sand spit jutting out into Lake Erie, Presque Isle State Park is continually impacted by erosion. The power of wind and wave action battering the shoreline works to eat away at the peninsula and leave the land in a constant state of change. In addition to regular wind and wave activity and storm events, the peninsula is also at the mercy of the changing lake levels found through the Great Lakes system. Your photographs taken at this location will help document the natural changes that occur in this area including water level, wave action, storm events, and erosional impacts. This Chronolog site is sponsored by the Presque Isle Partnership.  

Presque Isle State Park

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3 chronologs managed by Presque Isle State Park

Gull Point Observation Platform

The Feather Observation Platform

Beach 7 Shoreline Erosion

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