Headlands East

Mentor, Ohio

Managed by Swim Drink Fish Canada - Great Lakes Guide

Headlands East Beach is the largest natural sand beach in Ohio. This scenic beach has a lighthouse, picnic tables, concessions, and plenty of restrooms.

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COVID-19

Keep your distance from other people.

Practicing social distancing is essential right now. Follow the advice of the health experts. If your community has asked that you remain indoors and away from others, do so. Heading to the beach should only be considered an option if social distancing practices can be followed. Spending a day in any crowded place is the worst thing we can do for our most vulnerable right now and will counter the efforts to curb the virus’ spread.

For more information, please visit the World Health Organization public resource on COVID-19.

Water Quality

Passed water quality tests 60-95% of the time
Historical Status
This status is based on the latest sample, taken on July 29th, 2020. Swim Drink Fish Canada - Great Lakes Guide updates the status of this beach as soon as test results become available. These results were posted to Swim Guide on July 30th, 2020 at 4:46 PM.

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Current Weather

22°C

Clear and sunny

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Monitoring Frequency

Source Information

Ohio County Health Departments sample most beaches from Memorial Day weekend to Labour Day weekend. Beaches on Lake Erie are sampled on a daily - weekly schedule depending on the beach. Swim Guide checks the Ohio BeachGuard System daily for E. coli postings and the Ohio EPA Harmful Algae Bloom advisory website for postings. http://epa.ohio.gov/habalgae.aspx

A beach is marked Green when a single sample shows enterococci counts below 235 units/ 100 ml of water.

A beach is marked Red when a single sample shows enterococci counts above 200 units/ 100 ml or when Harmful Algae Blooms are confirmed at the beach.

A beach is marked Grey when reliable or up-to-date information is not available.

Water Quality Graph

Beach	Location	Water Quality
Fairport Harbor Fairport Harbor, Ohio	Fairport Harbor, Ohio	Historical Status
Headlands West Mentor, Ohio	Mentor, Ohio	Special Status
Kiwanis Park Painesville, Ohio	Painesville, Ohio	Current Status
Clarkwood Beach Cuyahoga, Ohio	Cuyahoga, Ohio	Current Status

Beach

Location

Water Quality

Fairport Harbor

Fairport Harbor, Ohio

Historical Status

Headlands West

Mentor, Ohio

Special Status

Kiwanis Park

Painesville, Ohio

Current Status

Clarkwood Beach

Cuyahoga, Ohio

Current Status

	Green means the beach’s most recent test results met relevant water quality standards.

	Red means the beach’s most recent test results failed to meet water quality standards.

	Grey means water quality information for the beach is too old (more than 7 days old) to be considered current, or that info is unavailable, or unreliable.

	Green means the beach passed water quality tests 95% of the time or more.

	Yellow means the beach passed water quality tests 60-95% of the time.

	Red means the beach failed water quality tests 40% of the time or more.

	Green means the beach has historically excellent or pristine water quality, but there is no current data.

	Red means the water at the site has water quality issues or there is an emergency.

	Grey means there is no current water quality information, the beach is under construction, there has been an event that has rendered water quality information unreliable or unavailable.