So this week I found myself up around the Sandusky area, and used it as an opportunity to get a lot of pictures for my Instagram page. I stopped in Milan, Norwalk, Downtown Sandusky, Lakeside Chautauqua, and Sandusky's Cove District. I plan to post a tour for a few of those places at least, including Downtown Sandusky which really blew me away. But, I have to make this photo tour for The Cove District, a really unique and eclectic neighborhood of Sandusky which I had no idea existed! Basically, it's a neighborhood made up almost entirely of boathouses - these homes have small living quarters in the front with a boat garage in the back facing the inlet. This neighborhood has an incredible amount of charm, and is one of the most photogenic places I've ever taken pictures in! To be honest, it doesn't feel like anywhere in Ohio and could easily be mistakened for somewhere in the South. This neighborhood, combined with Downtown Sandusky (as you will see in a future post) really have made me love Sandusky. It's such a cool and underrated city. It feels like people only know it for Cedar Point, but it has so much more to offer. 

 

 

Here's a view of Hastings Drive, arguably my favorite street in this neighborhood. High water seems to be effecting the whole neighborhood, but this street in particular is in dire need of repair. Notice how in most of these pictures, you can see views of Cedar Point in the backgrounds:

 

To the left is the back sides of the houses on Hastings:

 

This next street is Parker Drive, which is also the row on the right side of the last picture. Again, this road seemed to have a lot of flooding issues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's the front side of these boathouses on Parker Drive....

 

And the back side of them....

 

Two more from Hastings Drive:

 

 

Next we look at Anderson Street, which sits to the west of Hastings Drive. This next picture is taken from Hastings:

 

 

 

Next is Curran Street - I didn't capture the whole street, but the beginning of it is made up of traditional looking homes, while the latter part is a blend of condos, boathouses, ect:

 

Dutch Lane, as you see in the following pictures, is another really cool street, and another one that clearly has flooding issues! Keep in mind, the lake's water level wasn't even that high this week.

 

 

 

 

I love this blue boathouse - it almost reminds me of something you'd see in the Carribean:

 

 

 

 

Lastly, we move onto Kaman Drive, which was easily the most colorful street in the Cove District! Sadly, I missed Billman Drive, which also looks like it would've made for good pictures - you can see it in the background of these next ones:

 

 

I love all of the boathouses in this next picture. It's really cool how tightly packed they are, especially the ones on the end of the road!

 

A view of Billman Drive:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hope you all enjoyed this photo tour! I know I sure did - these are some of my favorite pictures I've ever taken! Stay tuned for more photo tours - I've got so many to post, but I'm just too lazy to edit and organize them all ?

Beautiful shots. I just came back from the area—nearby Catawba island and Marblehead Peninsula as a whole is also full of boat houses. Looking forward to more of these!

The colors on Kuman are great.

@Dblcut3, just checked out your Instagram page...it is fantastic!