·    Presque Isle (present day Erie, Pennsylvania): construction site in 1812-13 of six vessels of the American fleet.

·        Black Rock Naval Station (near Buffalo, New York): Five more vessels were outfitted here in 1813 for the U.S. Navy, although only three took part in the battle.

·        Put-in-Bay Harbor: Perry's base of operations in western Lake Erie.

·        West Sister Island and Rattlesnake Island:  The battle took place between these islands, approximately 10 miles northwest of Put-in-Bay.  West Sister is now a U.S. Wildlife Refuge, and Rattlesnake is privately owned.

·        Fort Malden:  At mouth of the Detroit River at Amherstburg, Ontario, it was the British base of operations until abandoned September 24, 1813, and occupied by Harrison and Perry September 27, 1813.

·        Put-In-Bay Village Park (DeRivera Park): was the original burial site of the three American and three British officers killed in the battle.  A “lone” willow tree marked the site, and when it died was replace by the current cannonball pyramid.

·        Great Warrior Trail Monument (Harrison Military Trail): is located at the foot of Fulton St. and Perry St. in Port Clinton. British prisoners debarked there September 14, 1813 and General William Henry Harrison's army embarked there on September 20, 1813 for Put-in-Bay enroute to Canada.

·        Middle Sister Island:  On the Canadian side of the border, it was the second rendezvous point for General Harrison's army enroute to Canada September 23, 1813.

·        Moraviantown (near Thamesville, Ontario): is the site of the Battle of the Thames River, October 5, 1813.  The American army commanded by General Harrison defeated the British and Indian allies.  The great Indian leader, Tecumseh, died in this battle.

·        Fort Detroit (Detroit, Michigan): surrendered to the British without firing a shot on August 16, 1812.  It was reoccupied September 30, 1813 by the American army led by Colonel R.M. Johnson.

·        Fort Meigs (Perrysburg, Ohio): constructed by troops under the command of General William Henry Harrison in 1813, it was attacked by British regulars, Canadian militia and Indians on May 1-5, and again on July 21-28, 1813.  Visitors can tour the restored fortifications.

·        Fort Stephenson (Fremont, Ohio):  successfully defended by Major George Croghan and “Old Betsy”, a single six-pound cannon, against a British and Indian attack on August 1, 1813.  “Old Betsy” now sits in front of the county courthouse in Fremont.

·        Gibraltar Island: a proposed site for Perry's Victory Monument, suggested at the 1858 meeting of the Battle of Lake Erie Monument Association at Put-In-Bay. A cornerstone was laid in 1859 but the project was never completed.  Jay Cooke, who later purchased Gibraltar, erected a small memorial to Perry in 1864 on the cornerstone, supposedly to fulfill a qualifying clause in the deed.