Ohio Has Islands? 10 You Can Visit (and One You Can Live On!)

Somewhere in central Ohio there's an island that floats, and you're allowed to set foot on it one day every two years. We count down ten Ohio islands you can actually visit: Whiskey Island in Cleveland, Catawba, Canada's Pelee Island (by ferry from Sandusky), the Civil War prison island of Johnson's Island, Middle Bass and its castle winery, ferry-less North Bass, Ohio State's Gibraltar Island, Put-in-Bay on South Bass, Kelleys Island and its glacial grooves, and at number one, Cranberry Bog in Buckeye Lake. Every entry ends with the Honest Check: the median home value against Ohio's (where the Census publishes one), one real downside, and who should skip it. Maps and charts are original to Hidden Ohio. Stock footage that stands in for a place is labelled "Illustrative" on screen, and archive film is labelled with its date. CHAPTERS 0:00 The island that floats 1:08 #10 Whiskey Island 3:37 #9 Catawba Island 5:35 #8 Pelee Island 7:52 #7 Johnson's Island 10:04 #6 Middle Bass Island 11:45 #5 North Bass Island 13:39 #4 Gibraltar Island 15:27 #3 South Bass Island (Put-in-Bay) 18:15 #2 Kelleys Island 21:27 #1 Cranberry Bog, Buckeye Lake 24:17 Next time SOURCES Home values and population: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates; 2020 Census Encyclopedia of Cleveland History (Case Western Reserve University); Cuyahoga County; Cleveland Metroparks Ottawa County Historical Society; Miller Boat Line; Jet Express; Kelleys Island Ferry; Pelee Island ferry (Ontario) Friends and Descendants of Johnson's Island; Heidelberg University Johnson's Island project; National Park Service Ohio Department of Natural Resources (Middle Bass, North Bass, Kelleys Island state parks; Cranberry Bog State Nature Preserve; Glacial Grooves) Ohio State University Stone Laboratory / Ohio Sea Grant; Ohio History Connection historical markers Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial (NPS); Heineman's Winery / Crystal Cave; Buckeye Lake Historical Society