{"id":22108,"date":"2019-11-28T09:25:58","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T14:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=22108"},"modified":"2021-07-08T05:52:11","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T10:52:11","slug":"presque-isle-lighthouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/presque-isle-lighthouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Presque Isle Lighthouse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Presque Isle State Park; Erie, Pennsylvania (August 3, 2003)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/8841743573\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7290\/8841743573_ce5b6cd79d_o.jpg\" alt=\"Lighthouse at Presque Isle State Park\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Lighthouse at Presque Isle State Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pennsylvania doesn&#8217;t have very much coastline. It&#8217;s completely landlocked except for a scant 50-mile shore <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=371\">where a notch was taken from New York<\/a> to provide it access to Lake Erie. A small peninsula along an otherwise smooth coastline juts into Lake Erie, and this is the location of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Presque_Isle_State_Park\">Presque Isle State Park<\/a>. The park has many activities including swimming, hiking, picnicking, and boating. It also has a number of lighthouses, of which the one shown above is probably the most picturesque (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/MoeyPEBoGJd3itC8A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Next Stop: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=23281\">The Old Howder Homestead<\/a>; Cambria Township, New York<\/li><li>Previous Stop: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=23292\">Seneca Lake<\/a>; Lodi, New York<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Readers who have an interest in lighthouses might also want to check my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/travel\/lighthouse.html\">Lighthouse Index<\/a> page.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presque Isle State Park; Erie, Pennsylvania (August 3, 2003) Pennsylvania doesn&#8217;t have very much coastline. It&#8217;s completely landlocked except for a scant 50-mile shore where a notch was taken from New York to provide it access to Lake Erie. 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