LOCATION

Camp Perry Military Reservation is a 640-acre training center located on the shores of Lake Erie, near Port Clinton, Ohio. Camp Perry Training Site, located along the western shoreline of Lake Erie, provides traditional and automated small arms rifle and pistol ranges for Ohio Army National Guard soldier training; Camp Perry personnel also operate and support small arms ranges located at Camp Sherman near Chillicothe. Camp Perry has the largest and best-equipped rifle and pistol ranges in the United States. Civilian rifle teams and nonmilitary agencies also use it. This National Guard training facility located 80 miles west of Cleveland on the shores of Lake Erie. Camp Perry provides training facilities for units of the Ohio National Guard as well as lodging facilities for visitors to Ohio's Northern Shores.

Located just hours from every unit in Ohio, Camp Perry offers cost effective state-of-the-art marksmanship opportunities. The training site is home to the state's most elaborate Engagement Skills Trainer (EST), which is a multipurpose training device designed to support indoor training of squad-sized units on basic and advanced weapons marksmanship, as well as fundamental tactical skills, by using the latest computer simulation technology. With the EST, units have the option of training in a climate-controlled environment on a year-round, 24-hour basis.

Dining, housing and training facilities available on Camp Perry Training Site are equipped to support battalion- and group-level exercises, as well as mobilization training. Railhead capability on Camp Perry Training Site further facilitates mobilization needs, making it one of the few locations in Ohio that can act as an assembly, staging and departure point for both soldiers and equipment.