HOURS & DIRECTIONS
Mentor Marsh trails are open year-round, dawn to dusk. The Carol H. Sweet Nature Center is open to the public Saturdays and Sundays noon to 5pm from April through October. From November through March, the Nature Center is open 11am to 4pm the first Sunday of the month. Special nature programs and guided hikes are offered every Sunday the Nature Center is open at 2pm. Hikes are free with registration. During the week, programs for groups are available by appointment at a nominal charge. For more information, call the Nature Center at (440) 257-0777.
Mentor Marsh, one of the largest natural marshes remaining along the Lake Erie shoreline, became Ohio’s first state nature preserve in 1971. The marsh is an important breeding and nursery area for several fish that live in Lake Erie. Mentor Marsh and the adjacent Headlands Dunes State Nature Preserve are among the best places in the state to witness spring migrations of songbirds. Great numbers of waterfowl also stop at the marsh during seasonal migrations, such as blue-winged teal, American wigeon, gadwall, American black duck, Northern shoveler and hooded merganser.