{"id":210825,"date":"2026-06-04T19:39:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T19:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/210825\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T19:39:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T19:39:13","slug":"lake-erie-voted-1-best-lake-by-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/210825\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Erie voted #1 best lake by USA Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/talkerie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/255950_2100953201242_3790660_o.jpg\" data-caption=\"Sunset at Presque Isle State Park, Erie, PA. Photo by Joel Natalie, TalkErie.com.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/255950_2100953201242_3790660_o-640x480.jpg\"   alt=\"Sunset at Presque Isle State Park\" title=\"255950_2100953201242_3790660_o\"\/><\/a>Sunset at Presque Isle State Park, Erie, PA. Photo by Joel Natalie, TalkErie.com.<\/p>\n<p>Lake Erie has done it again! On a recent list, put out by USA Today 10 Best, Lake Erie was voted the #1 Lake\/River in the country. This was according to the Most Recent Readers Choice Awards. <\/p>\n<p>The article was put together by independent editors and Readers of USA Today. \u201cIt may be the shallowest of North America\u2019s Great Lakes, but Lake Erie has a massive amount of potential when it comes to both tourism and outdoor adventure.\u201d The article would then go on to say, \u201cBuffalo, Cleveland, and Toledo are just a few of the storied cities that can be explored along the Erie shore, while recreation opportunities range from fishing to bird-watching to shipwreck diving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lake Erie was also voted #2 in \u201cBest Lake for Water Spouts\u201d. This is a major accomplishment, especially after it was voted #6 last year in the best Lake\/River. Even though in 2024, it was ranked #1. Two times in three years is truly something special. Lake Erie never ceases to amaze everyone.<\/p>\n<p>For the full list, click <a href=\"https:\/\/10best.usatoday.com\/awards\/best-lake\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/10best.usatoday.com\/awards\/best-lake\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n                        Previous article<a href=\"https:\/\/talkerie.com\/2026\/06\/04\/laughlin-announces-more-than-528000-in-school-safety-grants-for-erie-county-nonpublic-schools\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Laughlin announces more than $528,000 in school safety grants for Erie County Nonpublic Schools<\/a>Next article<a href=\"https:\/\/talkerie.com\/2026\/06\/04\/representative-banta-announces-local-grants\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Representative Banta announces local grants<\/a>            \t                &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Sunset at Presque Isle State Park, Erie, PA. Photo by Joel Natalie, TalkErie.com. Lake&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190175,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":["post-210825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}