Walking-Distance Entertainment Guidebook
Parks
This inviting, well-shaded park is great for long walks amongst scenic surroundings and offers paved walking paths, benches, and a gazebo. In addition to fountains, gardens, and tree sculptures, the park houses iconic Sandusky symbols such as the Boy With the Boot, the Sandusky Clock, and the Red Popcorn Wagon. Located on both sides of Washington Street, this park is surrounded by several historical buildings, providing beautiful architectural vistas. 7-minute walk from the Loft Over The Bay.
Washington Park
100-138 East Washington StreetThis inviting, well-shaded park is great for long walks amongst scenic surroundings and offers paved walking paths, benches, and a gazebo. In addition to fountains, gardens, and tree sculptures, the park houses iconic Sandusky symbols such as the Boy With the Boot, the Sandusky Clock, and the Red Popcorn Wagon. Located on both sides of Washington Street, this park is surrounded by several historical buildings, providing beautiful architectural vistas. 7-minute walk from the Loft Over The Bay.
This lovely waterfront area offers swing seats, benches, and a U-shaped walking path for the enjoyment of the Bay view. This park is also home to outdoor movie showings, concerts, festivals, and various other seasonal events. 3-minute walk from the Loft Over The Bay.
13 persone del luogo consigliano
Jackson Street Pier
233 W Shoreline DrThis lovely waterfront area offers swing seats, benches, and a U-shaped walking path for the enjoyment of the Bay view. This park is also home to outdoor movie showings, concerts, festivals, and various other seasonal events. 3-minute walk from the Loft Over The Bay.
This charming mini-park's centerpiece is a beautiful fountain, which is surrounded by amphitheater-style seating. In the summer a couple of bistro tables are set up, making for a great place to sit down with a beverage or just take a break from a long walk. A gorgeous view of the Bay completes the simple charm of this venue. 2-minute walk from the Loft Over The Bay.
Mylander Park
108 West Shoreline DriveThis charming mini-park's centerpiece is a beautiful fountain, which is surrounded by amphitheater-style seating. In the summer a couple of bistro tables are set up, making for a great place to sit down with a beverage or just take a break from a long walk. A gorgeous view of the Bay completes the simple charm of this venue. 2-minute walk from the Loft Over The Bay.
This tiny, delightful mini-park holds a lot of history. Home to the Path to Freedom sculpture, it commemorates Sandusky's important role in The Underground Railroad, which helped slaves make their way to freedom in the 19th century. This waterfront park features a gazebo, a beautiful garden, and benches to sit and enjoy the view. 7-minute walk from the Loft Over The Bay.
Facer Park
This tiny, delightful mini-park holds a lot of history. Home to the Path to Freedom sculpture, it commemorates Sandusky's important role in The Underground Railroad, which helped slaves make their way to freedom in the 19th century. This waterfront park features a gazebo, a beautiful garden, and benches to sit and enjoy the view. 7-minute walk from the Loft Over The Bay.
Featuring bridges and "floating" suspended sculptures, this pleasant park with paved walking paths is located directly on the water and is a great place to take a walk or have a picnic. The park also offers a covered pavilion with picnic tables, an observation deck, and a playground. 8-minute walk from the Loft Over The Bay.
6 persone del luogo consigliano
Parco Shoreline
411 E Shoreline DrFeaturing bridges and "floating" suspended sculptures, this pleasant park with paved walking paths is located directly on the water and is a great place to take a walk or have a picnic. The park also offers a covered pavilion with picnic tables, an observation deck, and a playground. 8-minute walk from the Loft Over The Bay.
Cruises
This ferry offers round-trips to Cedar Point, Kelleys Island, and Put-in-Bay. Trips are scheduled every couple of hours or so, depending on time of the season and day of the week. Both inside and outside seating is available, the open decks providing amazing views during the ride. 2-minute walk from the Loft Over The Bay.
27 persone del luogo consigliano
Jet Express
101 W Shoreline DrThis ferry offers round-trips to Cedar Point, Kelleys Island, and Put-in-Bay. Trips are scheduled every couple of hours or so, depending on time of the season and day of the week. Both inside and outside seating is available, the open decks providing amazing views during the ride. 2-minute walk from the Loft Over The Bay.
The Lake Erie Island Goodtime I cruises depart from Jackson Pier and include a menu of daytime and sunset cruises, for families and for adults, with and without island visiting time. The cruises offer live entertainment and various food/beverage purchase options. 2-minute walk from the Loft Over The Bay.
11 persone del luogo consigliano
Lake Erie Island Cruises LLC
227 W Shoreline DrThe Lake Erie Island Goodtime I cruises depart from Jackson Pier and include a menu of daytime and sunset cruises, for families and for adults, with and without island visiting time. The cruises offer live entertainment and various food/beverage purchase options. 2-minute walk from the Loft Over The Bay.
Game / Adventure Venues
This unusual venue provides a games-oriented social atmosphere. Sport simulators offering a range of game options (e.g. golf, baseball, basketball, zombie dodgeball), shuffleboard tables, and pinball machines can be played while enjoying a cocktail. A lounge area with couches and TVs is available for watching a ball game. 6-minute walk from the Loft Over The Bay.
6 persone del luogo consigliano
Clubhouse No.3 SportSocial
220 East Water StreetThis unusual venue provides a games-oriented social atmosphere. Sport simulators offering a range of game options (e.g. golf, baseball, basketball, zombie dodgeball), shuffleboard tables, and pinball machines can be played while enjoying a cocktail. A lounge area with couches and TVs is available for watching a ball game. 6-minute walk from the Loft Over The Bay.
Pedego offers electric bike rentals, providing a fun, relatively easy, and family-friendly outdoor activity. This is a great way to explore the Sandusky waterfront area and enjoy the scenery, with plenty of nearby parks and bike trails right in the heart of downtown. 4-minute walk from the Loft Over The Bay.
Pedego Electric Bikes Sandusky
131 East Water StreetPedego offers electric bike rentals, providing a fun, relatively easy, and family-friendly outdoor activity. This is a great way to explore the Sandusky waterfront area and enjoy the scenery, with plenty of nearby parks and bike trails right in the heart of downtown. 4-minute walk from the Loft Over The Bay.
This entertainment complex offers axe throwing, duckpin bowling, arcade games, and a full bar, providing a fun venue for social gatherings. Live music is a staple in the courtyard during summer. 6-minute walk from the Loft Over The Bay.
11 persone del luogo consigliano
Noble Axes
127 E Market StThis entertainment complex offers axe throwing, duckpin bowling, arcade games, and a full bar, providing a fun venue for social gatherings. Live music is a staple in the courtyard during summer. 6-minute walk from the Loft Over The Bay.
Paddle & Climb offers an indoor climbing wall for a year-round active adventure. Summer fun outdoor equipment rentals may be offered, based on season's availability. 7-minute walk from the Loft Over The Bay.
20 persone del luogo consigliano
Paddle Bar
305 E Water StPaddle & Climb offers an indoor climbing wall for a year-round active adventure. Summer fun outdoor equipment rentals may be offered, based on season's availability. 7-minute walk from the Loft Over The Bay.
This escape room venue offers 2 different game themes to choose from, for a fun team adventure of navigating through a labyrinth of logical, physical, and investigative puzzles to win the game. The atmosphere is less formal compared to a typical escape room venue, making for a very enjoyable, more relaxed experience. 10-minute walk from the Loft Over The Bay.
Escape Rooms by Franknicky
134 E Adams StThis escape room venue offers 2 different game themes to choose from, for a fun team adventure of navigating through a labyrinth of logical, physical, and investigative puzzles to win the game. The atmosphere is less formal compared to a typical escape room venue, making for a very enjoyable, more relaxed experience. 10-minute walk from the Loft Over The Bay.
Museums
This museum houses a collection of historic artifacts documenting the history of Sandusky and Erie County. Once based in the Sandusky library's Local History Room, the museum is now located in the former home of Oran Follett - a four-story house built in the Greek Revival style, featuring a "widow’s walk" that offers a panoramic view of Sandusky, with Cedar Point and Johnson’s Island in the distance. 11-minute walk from the Loft Over The Bay.
Follett House Museum
This museum houses a collection of historic artifacts documenting the history of Sandusky and Erie County. Once based in the Sandusky library's Local History Room, the museum is now located in the former home of Oran Follett - a four-story house built in the Greek Revival style, featuring a "widow’s walk" that offers a panoramic view of Sandusky, with Cedar Point and Johnson’s Island in the distance. 11-minute walk from the Loft Over The Bay.
This museum offers exhibits showcasing the rich maritime history of the Sandusky Bay area, as well as Sandusky's role in the Underground Railroad. In addition, there are two out-buildings, containing Lyman boats that can be boarded, other vessels on display, and the museum's boat-building school and restoration workshop. 14-minute walk from the Loft Over The Bay.
14 persone del luogo consigliano
Maritime Museum of Sandusky
125 Meigs StThis museum offers exhibits showcasing the rich maritime history of the Sandusky Bay area, as well as Sandusky's role in the Underground Railroad. In addition, there are two out-buildings, containing Lyman boats that can be boarded, other vessels on display, and the museum's boat-building school and restoration workshop. 14-minute walk from the Loft Over The Bay.
Fun for kids and adults, this museum has a collection of dozens of carousel animals on display, from antique to modern, collected from sources all over the country. Additional activities include a ride on a working carousel with the band organ playing, watching skilled carvers restore and refurbish antique carousel figures in the museum's woodcarving shop, and an exhibit of carving shop tools. 6-minute walk from the Loft Over The Bay.
30 persone del luogo consigliano
Merry-Go-Round Museum
301 Jackson StFun for kids and adults, this museum has a collection of dozens of carousel animals on display, from antique to modern, collected from sources all over the country. Additional activities include a ride on a working carousel with the band organ playing, watching skilled carvers restore and refurbish antique carousel figures in the museum's woodcarving shop, and an exhibit of carving shop tools. 6-minute walk from the Loft Over The Bay.
Targeed to children from 4 to 14 years old, this museum provides interactive, hands-on learning experiences through a variety of science-related activities. 6-minute walk from the Loft Over The Bay.
Sandusky Children's Museum's
133 E Market StTargeed to children from 4 to 14 years old, this museum provides interactive, hands-on learning experiences through a variety of science-related activities. 6-minute walk from the Loft Over The Bay.
Art & Culture
The Sandusky Library is worth a visit even if not borrowing a book. The majestic architecture of this structure, built at the turn of the century, incorporates elements of the Jacobean Revival style in an artful blend of the Classic and the Gothic. That, as well as the grandeur of the interior, warrant spending some time waking around and perusing the bookshelves to take in the ambience. 9-minute walk from the Loft Over The Bay.
6 persone del luogo consigliano
Sandusky Library
114 W Adams StThe Sandusky Library is worth a visit even if not borrowing a book. The majestic architecture of this structure, built at the turn of the century, incorporates elements of the Jacobean Revival style in an artful blend of the Classic and the Gothic. That, as well as the grandeur of the interior, warrant spending some time waking around and perusing the bookshelves to take in the ambience. 9-minute walk from the Loft Over The Bay.
Typically staging 4 plays per year, this community theater showcases impressive local talent in entertaining its audiences. It offers a great way to enjoy performing arts at very reasonable prices, within walking distance from the Sandusky waterfront and many downtown Sandusky restaurants. 12-minute walk from the Loft Over The Bay.
Harlequins Sandusky Community Theatre
Typically staging 4 plays per year, this community theater showcases impressive local talent in entertaining its audiences. It offers a great way to enjoy performing arts at very reasonable prices, within walking distance from the Sandusky waterfront and many downtown Sandusky restaurants. 12-minute walk from the Loft Over The Bay.